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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 33
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- Recognizing that an open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful information and communications technology environment is important to the realization of the right to privacy in the digital age,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 16
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- Stressing the importance of full respect for the freedom to seek, receive and impart information, including the fundamental importance of access to information and democratic participation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 1
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- Reaffirming its previous resolutions on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 2
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- Reaffirming also that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
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- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 27
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- Welcoming measures taken by business enterprises, on a voluntary basis, to provide transparency to their users about their policies regarding requests by State authorities for access to user data and information,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 25
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- Noting that general comment No. 16 recommends that States take effective measures to prevent the unlawful retention, processing and use of personal data stored by public authorities and business enterprises,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
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- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights in the administration of justice 2016, para. 17
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- Mindful of the importance of ensuring respect for the rule of law and human rights in the administration of justice as a crucial contribution to building peace and justice and ending impunity,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2013, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2012, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2011, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2010, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2009, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or to other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2008, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or to other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2007, para. 10
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- Bearing in mind the special procedures review process being undertaken by the Human Rights Council, and its relevant resolutions,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2007, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or to other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2006, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or to other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2005, para. 1
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- Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or to other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2004, para. 5
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- Commending the persistent efforts by non-governmental organizations to combat torture and to alleviate the suffering of victims of torture,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2003, para. 6
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- Commending the persistent efforts by non-governmental organizations to combat torture and to alleviate the suffering of victims of torture,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2002, para. 6
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- Commending the persistent efforts by non-governmental organizations to combat torture and to alleviate the suffering of victims of torture,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2001, para. 8
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- Commending the persistent efforts by non-governmental organizations to combat torture and to alleviate the suffering of victims of torture,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2000, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- Commending the persistent efforts by non-governmental organizations to combat torture and to alleviate the suffering of victims of torture,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 10
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- Deeply concerned about all acts which can amount to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committed against persons exercising their rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression in all regions of the world,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 9
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- Commending the persistent efforts of civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and national preventive mechanisms, and the considerable network of centres for the rehabilitation of victims of torture, to prevent and combat torture and to alleviate the suffering of victims of torture,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 6
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- Recognizing that States must protect the rights of those facing criminal sentences, including the death penalty and life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and of other affected persons in accordance with their international obligations,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 4
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- Recalling also that the prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm of international law without territorial limitation and that international, regional and domestic courts have recognized the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as customary international law,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 20
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- Emphasizing that unlawful or arbitrary surveillance and/or interception of communications, as well as the unlawful or arbitrary collection of personal data, as highly intrusive acts, violate the right to privacy, can interfere with the right to freedom of expression and may contradict the tenets of a democratic society, including when undertaken on a mass scale,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 19
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- Expressing concern that individuals often do not provide their free, explicit and informed consent to the sale or multiple resale of their personal data, as the collecting, processing and sharing of personal data, including sensitive data, have increased significantly in the digital age,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 17
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- Recalling that the right to privacy is important for the exercise of freedom of expression, including the right to seek, receive and impart information, and contributes to the development of an individual's ability to participate in political, economic, social and cultural life and that digital technology has a considerable impact on the enjoyment of these rights,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights in the administration of justice 2016, para. 20
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- Recalling that the social rehabilitation and reintegration of persons deprived of their liberty shall be among the essential aims of the criminal justice system, ensuring, as far as possible, that offenders are able to lead a law-abiding and self-supporting life upon their return to society,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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