Article 17: The right to respect of privacy, family, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation 1988, para. 4
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The expression "arbitrary interference" is also relevant to the protection of the right provided for in article 17. In the Committee's view the expression "arbitrary interference" can also extend to interference provided for under the law. The introduction of the concept of arbitrariness is intended to guarantee that even interference provided for by law should be in accordance with the provisions, aims and objectives of the Covenant and should be, in any event, reasonable in the particular circumstances.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Human Rights Committee
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Families
Year
1988
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CCPR General Comment No. 16, Article 17: The right to respect of privacy, family, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation (1988), para. 4.