The use of encryption and anonymity to exercise the rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age 2015, para. 57
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
States should revise or establish, as appropriate, national laws and regulations to promote and protect the rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and expression. With respect to encryption and anonymity, States should adopt policies of non-restriction or comprehensive protection, only adopt restrictions on a case-specific basis and that meet the requirements of legality, necessity, proportionality and legitimacy in objective, require court orders for any specific limitation, and promote security and privacy online through public education.
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
Civil & Political Rights
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
All
Année
2015
Type de paragraphe
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/32, para. 57.