The right to access information 2013, para. 46
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- The Court has also considered judicial proceedings to be essential to the right to know the truth, holding that States may establish truth commissions, which contribute to the creation and preservation of historical memory, elucidation of the facts and the determination of institutional, social and political responsibilities during certain historical periods in society. Nevertheless, the Court considers that this does not complete, or substitute for, the State's obligation to establish the truth through judicial proceedings; hence, the State has the obligation to open and expedite criminal investigations in order to determine the corresponding responsibilities.
- 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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/362, para. 46.
- Paragraph number
- 46
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