Article 17: The right to respect of privacy, family, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation 1988, para. 7
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As all persons live in society, the protection of privacy is necessarily relative. However, the competent public authorities should only be able to call for such information relating to an individual's private life the knowledge of which is essential in the interests of society as understood under the Covenant. Accordingly, the Committee recommends that States should indicate in their reports the laws and regulations that govern authorized interferences with private life.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Human Rights Committee
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
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. 7.