Lastly, the circulation of false information has been considered in certain cases to be a violation in itself, especially where individuals or groups of individuals have been submitted to odium, stigmatization, public scorn, persecution or discrimination by means of public declarations by public officials.
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
Equality & Inclusion
Año
2013
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/362, para. 47.