The right to access information 2013, para. 68
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- Information on human rights violations involving the activities of national security and intelligence bodies that operate under strict secrecy procedures are often only disclosed by those working within these entities (see A/HRC/10/3). In this regard, the Special Rapporteur has recalled the importance of ensuring the protection of whistle-blowers, that is, persons with a connection to the State who, having a legal obligation to ensure confidentiality, disclose to the public information that they reasonably consider to reveal human rights violations. The Special Rapporteur has indicated that a whistle-blower should not be subjected to legal, administrative or disciplinary sanctions as long as he or she has acted in good faith, pursuant to international standards on the subject. In fact, every person who is involved in or witnesses a human rights violation should assume the moral responsibility to denounce it.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/362, para. 68.
- Paragraph number
- 68
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