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Article 21 - Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information
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References
International
human rights conventions and other legal instruments
• ICESCR:
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• CERD: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
• CAT: Convention Against Torture
• CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
• ILO Convention 159: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(Disabled Persons)
• ILO Recommendation 168: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(Disabled Persons)
Article 21
Related to para. 1
ICCPR, Article 19(1): Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference.
ICCPR, Article 19(2): Everyone shall have the right to freedom
of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information
and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing
or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.
CERD, Article 5(d)(viii): In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid
down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to (…)
guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or
national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment
of the following rights:… (viii) The right to freedom of opinion and
expression;
CRC, Article 12(1): States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable
of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in
all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight
in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
CRC, Article 13(1): The child shall have the right to freedom of expression;
this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information
and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing
or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child's
choice.
CMW, Article 13(1)and (2):
1. Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right to
hold opinions without interference.
2. Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right to
freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive
and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either
orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art or through any other media
of their choice.