The protection of sources and whistle-blowers 2015, para. 62

Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Any restrictions on confidentiality must be genuinely exceptional and subject to the highest standards, and implemented by judicial authorities only. Circumventions, such as secret surveillance or metadata analysis not authorized by judicial authorities according to clear and narrow legal rules, should not be used to undermine source confidentiality. States should promote tools, such as encryption and anonymizing programs, to ensure protection of sources. Authorities compelling revelation of sources must demonstrate that reasonable alternative measures to the disclosure do not exist or have been exhausted and that the legitimate interest in the disclosure clearly outweighs the public interest in the non-disclosure. These should be limited to investigations of the most serious crimes or the protection of life.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
  • All
Année
2015
Type de paragraphe
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/361, para. 62.
Paragraph info
Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph number
62