The United Nations Human Rights Committee has released a revised version dated May 3 of its proposed General Comment 34 on the Article 19, incorporating the changes made so far.

[Note; the URL above does not take you directly to the text. Click on Human Rights Bodies, then Human Rights Committee, then General Comments, then item 34, marked “New,” at the top of the list.]

The sections already reviewed by the committee include those on freedom of information, paragraphs 18-20.  (See previous FreedomInfo.org report.)

The committee completed its second reading of paragraphs 1-24 of its new 54-paragraph General Comment 34, and will continue deliberations at its next meeting, in July. 

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