Groups in need of attention, limitations to the right to freedom of expression, and protection of journalists 2010, para. 87
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The Durban Review Conference outcome document made an important contribution to our understanding of freedom of opinion and expression in the context of the effort to combat discrimination and racism in its paragraph 58, which: "Stresses that the right to freedom of opinion and expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of a democratic, pluralistic society, and stresses further the role that right can play in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance worldwide."
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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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Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
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Year
2010
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/14/23, para. 87.