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The right to access information 2013, para. 40
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- In the context of human rights violations, and especially in cases of serious violations, the rights of victims and their families to access information can have several aspects. First, gaining access to information regarding the circumstances surrounding a human rights violation is usually essential in order to give effect to other rights, such as due process, guarantees to a fair trial and the right to a remedy. Moreover, clarifying what occurred is in itself one of the elements of reparations for victims and family members. Lastly, in cases of violations such as disappearances, the violation is continuing and ceases only once family members are able to ascertain the facts and determine the fate of the disappeared person. The refusal of the State to provide information, or the provision by it of false information, constitutes an additional violation because it prolongs and deepens the anguish, in addition to the moral and emotional pain.
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- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2013
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- Other
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Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 31
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- The Special Rapporteur would like to draw attention to the difficulties faced by journalists who are forced to leave their countries of origin, as less than a third of exiled journalists are able to continue to work in their profession. They also encounter challenges as they attempt to establish a new legal status and adjust to different languages and cultures. The recipient States have an obligation to grant refugee status to journalists who meet the criteria stipulated in article 1A of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, not to expel or return them to the frontiers of territories where their life or freedom would be threatened, and to ensure that journalists in exile enjoy their rights. However, the Special Rapporteur would like to stress the obligation of all States to guarantee the protection of journalists in their own countries in the first place.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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- Other
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Groups in need of attention, limitations to the right to freedom of expression, and protection of journalists 2010, para. 63
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- In accordance with general comment No. 23 of the Human Rights Committee on the rights of minorities (article 27 of the Covenant), the Special Rapporteur recalls that even when individuals are not citizens of the State where they live or happen to be, "a State party is required […] to ensure that the rights protected under the Covenant are available to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction" (para. 5.1). The Special Rapporteur also reiterates that migrants and migrant communities, regardless of their legal migratory status, are fully entitled to exercise freedom of expression.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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- Other
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Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 30
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- Journalists, confronted with attacks, threats and possible imprisonment, are often forced to flee their home countries to avoid risking their lives. Since 2001, more than 500 journalists have reportedly fled their countries of origin, and 454 remained in exile as at June 2010. At least 85 journalists fled their home countries between 1 June 2009 and 31 May 2010, double the number recorded in the previous year. In addition, at least 29 editors, reporters and photographers have fled the Islamic Republic of Iran since June 2009, the highest annual tally from a single country in a decade. Moreover, the exile rate of journalists fleeing Africa has allegedly tripled over the past year, with at least 42 journalists, most of them from Ethiopia and Somalia, fleeing their homes.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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- Other
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Hate speech and incitement to hatred 2012, para. 24
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- With the increasing speed at which news and information circulate around the world through the mass media and the Internet, manifestations of hate speech have become increasingly visible. Moreover, in the context of rising immigration flows and population movements, declining domestic economies and the emergence of terrorism as a crucial political challenge, there has been a growing tendency to stigmatize specific groups and communities. This has been compounded by flawed national security and anti-terrorism laws and policies, such as racial profiling, demagogic statements by opportunistic politicians and irresponsible reporting by the mass media.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2012
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- Other
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