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A private university in Metro Manila prohibits any demonstration within its campus unless approved by the Student Affairs Office at least 72 hours in advance. The policy bans demonstrations inside the campus grounds from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. A student group plans a peaceful 40-minute rally at 9:30 a.m. in front of the university library and seeks a permit but is denied. The group challenges the policy under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1987 Constitution. The university contends that UDHR is not directly enforceable in Philippine courts and that the policy is a valid time/place/manner restriction. (a) Identify the central doctrine or rule at issue. (b) Distinguish the controlling Philippine constitutional rule on the right to peaceably assemble from the UDHR norm. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and decide whether the policy is valid or invalid, addressing the standard for time/place/manner restrictions, the scope of the campus zone, and the legal status of UDHR in Philippine law.