Notwithstanding the different historical processes that marked the development of the right to truth and the right to access information, the right to truth should be understood as directly connected to the right to access information, as established by the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
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
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/362, para. 87.