The right to privacy

Everyone has the right to privacy, and - according to the international human rights mechanisms - this right can be violated in a variety of ways, including by:

• intervening in a person's private life (which includes their right to form relationships and to enjoy sexual autonomy);

• disrupting family life (which includes the right to marry and to found a family);

• destroying a person's home or preventing a person from living in his/her home;

• interfering with private correspondence.

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International human rights mechanisms which protect the right to privacy

The right to privacy is protected by the following international human rights mechanisms (click on the links to find out more about how to use these mechanisms):

United Nations Human Rights Committee

Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders

1503 Procedure

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

African Commission on Human and People's Rights

European Court of Human Rights