Protecting information rights in South Africa: the strategic oversight roles of the South African Human Rights Commission and the Information Regulator
SOURCE: International Data Privacy Law
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): R.Adams, F.Adeleke
KEYWORDS: INFORMATION REGULATOR, INFORMATION RIGHTS, SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (SAHRC)
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11156
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15085
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15085
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): R.Adams, F.Adeleke
KEYWORDS: INFORMATION REGULATOR, INFORMATION RIGHTS, SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (SAHRC)
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11156
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15085
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15085
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Abstract
Over the history of the recognition of information rights in South Africas Constitution, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), established in terms of the Constitution, has been the key custodian of the right to privacy, including personal information, and the right of access to information, along with all other human rights as also set out in the Constitution.-
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