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Privacy And Human Rights

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Privacy’s importance is reflected in the fact that the fundamental documents that define human rights all include reference to privacy or related ideas. For example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR 1948, Article 12) states that “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks”, and Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR 1966, Article 17) is expressed in very similar terms. In the European Convention on Human Rights (1950), Article 8 is entitled ‘Right to respect for private and family life’, and states that “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.

There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic wellbeing of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others”. [1] [2]

Almost all countries recognize a right of privacy clearly in their constitution; these provisions include rights of inviolability of the home and secrecy of communications. Most recently written constitutions like South

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