Protection of journalists and media freedom 2012, para. 87
Párrafo
Paragraph text
The Special Rapporteur thus calls on all States to repeal criminal defamation provisions allowing prosecution of authors of media content, as well as to limit civil law penalties for defamation so that it is proportionate to the harm done. He emphasizes that criminal prosecution for defamation inevitably becomes a mechanism of political censorship, which contradicts freedom of expression and of the press.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Personas afectadas
N.A.
Año
2012
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/17, para. 87.