Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a per son before the law.
A rticle 17.
1.
No one shall be subj ected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.
2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference
Q attacks.
Vol. 999,1-14668 178 United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités 1976
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In force from 16-12-1966
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