Inter-American Standards on Freedom of Expression regarding officials and candidates to hold public office
The Inter-American System through the instruments through which acts have been commissioned to give content to each of the rights recognized in the American Convention. The right to freedom of expression has not been oblivious to the doctrinal and jurisprudential development of inter-American syste...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Santo Tomás
2017-05-01
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Series: | Via Inveniendi Et Iudicandi |
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Online Access: | https://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/viei/article/view/3562 |
Summary: | The Inter-American System through the instruments through which acts have been commissioned to give content to each of the rights recognized in the American Convention.
The right to freedom of expression has not been oblivious to the doctrinal and jurisprudential development of inter-American system; against this right they have developed inter-American standards regarding freedom of expression on public officials and candidates to charges related Pubic turn to other human rights such as honor and privacy.
Therefore, this article intends to expose the inter-American standards on public officials or individuals interested in holding public office in the light of sui generis protection threshold that such persons hold due to their status as public figures. |
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ISSN: | 1909-0528 1909-0528 |