Key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet 2011, para. 62
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Recently, the Human Rights Committee, in its general comment No. 34 on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, also underscored that States parties should take all necessary steps to foster the independence of new media, such as the Internet, and to ensure access of all individuals thereto.
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
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/290, para. 62.