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United Nations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

adopted on 10 December 1948

Article 12

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

adopted on 16 December 1966

Article 17

  1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.

  2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Convention on the Rights of the Child

adopted on 20 November 1989

Article 16

  1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation.

  2. The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.