A particular dimension of the right to seek and receive information concerns access to information on human rights violations. Such access often determines the level of enjoyment of other rights, is a right in itself and, as such, has been addressed by a number of human rights instruments and documents. It has also been the object of decisions and reports from various human rights mechanisms and bodies.
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
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/362, para. 21.