The use of encryption and anonymity to exercise the rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age 2015, para. 56
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Encryption and anonymity, and the security concepts behind them, provide the privacy and security necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age. Such security may be essential for the exercise of other rights, including economic rights, privacy, due process, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and the right to life and bodily integrity. Because of their importance to the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, restrictions on encryption and anonymity must be strictly limited according to principles of legality, necessity, proportionality and legitimacy in objective. The Special Rapporteur therefore recommends the following.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
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N.A.
Year
2015
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/32, para. 56.