Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

 

Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. 

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Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Frank La Rue 

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A/HRC/26/30

Report Published: 2 July 2014

This report contains no mention of child's rights.

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A/HRC/23/40

Report Published: 17 April 2013

Mr La Rue identified the following concerns and issued the following recommendations:

Right to privacy: At both the international and regional levels, privacy is also unequivocally recognized as a fundamental human right. The right to privacy is enshrined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 12), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, art. 17), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (art. 16), and the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (art. 14). At the regional level, the right to privacy is protected by the European Convention on Human Rights (art. 8) and the American Convention on Human Rights (art. 11). (Para. 20)

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A/HRC/20/17

Report Published: 4 June 2012

Mr La Rue identified the following concerns and issued the following recommendations:

Types of expression prohibited by international law: As stressed previously, including in the report to the General Assembly (A/66/290), there are four types of expression or information which States are required to prohibit under international law: child pornography; incitement to genocide; advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence and incitement to terrorism. Other types of information or expression, which States are not required to prohibit, but may be restricted in exceptional and limited circumstances primarily to protect the rights of others, are established under article 19, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. However, while protecting individuals from false and malicious accusations, protecting national security or countering terrorism are legitimate interests, the Special Rapporteur remains concerned that such pretexts are used by authorities to unduly control and censor the media and to evade transparency or to silence criticism of public policies. (Para. 80)

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