A/HRC/32/38
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 May 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression*
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression, David Kaye, prepared in accordance with Council resolution 25/2. The
report marks the beginning of a series of studies of issues at the intersection of State
regulation, the private sector and freedom of expression in a digital age. In it, the Special
Rapporteur examines the legal framework that pertains to freedom of expression and
principles applicable to the private sector, identifies key participants in the information and
communications technology sector that implicate freedom of expression, and introduces
legal and policy issues that he will explore over the course of his mandate.
*
The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments.
GE.16-07644(E)