Article 17: The right to respect of privacy, family, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation 1988, para. 1
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Article 17 provides for the right of every person to be protected against arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence as well as against unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. In the view of the Committee this right is required to be guaranteed against all such interferences and attacks whether they emanate from State authorities or from natural or legal persons. The obligations imposed by this article require the State to adopt legislative and other measures to give effect to the prohibition against such interferences and attacks as well as to the protection of this right.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Human Rights Committee
Type de document
General Comment / Recommendation
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
Families
Année
1988
Type de paragraphe
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. 1.