The Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age

The paper carries out a legal appraisal of the recently approved Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age. It analyses its structure both as a human rights instrument and as Portuguese fundamental rights instrument focusing on new norms introduced in the system and redundant ones. In t...

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Autor principal:	Domingos Miguel Soares Farinho
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Asociación Española de Acreditación de la Transparencia 2021
Materias:	Fundamental rights Human rights Disinformation Freedom of expression Balancing Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Accounting. Bookkeeping HF5601-5689
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/57a8e24c4e704b79984724e1bd797406
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:57a8e24c4e704b79984724e1bd7974062021-12-02T18:09:01ZThe Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age2444-2607https://doaj.org/article/57a8e24c4e704b79984724e1bd7974062021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistatransparencia.com/ojs/index.php/ret/article/view/191https://doaj.org/toc/2444-2607 The paper carries out a legal appraisal of the recently approved Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age. It analyses its structure both as a human rights instrument and as Portuguese fundamental rights instrument focusing on new norms introduced in the system and redundant ones. In this latter case interpretation problems are highlighted, in particular when considering the Portuguese open clause of Article 16 of the Constitution that allows for fundamental rights approved by ordinary laws. Finally, a specific new right is given special attention - the right to protection against disinformation – especially concerning its relation with the freedom of expression. The paper aims to show that the scope of the new provision would allow an unconstitutional restriction on the freedom of expression and that a valid norm must be determined by adequate balancing. Domingos Miguel Soares FarinhoAsociación Española de Acreditación de la TransparenciaarticleFundamental rightsHuman rightsDisinformationFreedom of expressionBalancingPolitical institutions and public administration (General)JF20-2112Accounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689ENESRevista Española de la Transparencia, Vol 2, Iss 13 (2021)
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description	The paper carries out a legal appraisal of the recently approved Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age. It analyses its structure both as a human rights instrument and as Portuguese fundamental rights instrument focusing on new norms introduced in the system and redundant ones. In this latter case interpretation problems are highlighted, in particular when considering the Portuguese open clause of Article 16 of the Constitution that allows for fundamental rights approved by ordinary laws. Finally, a specific new right is given special attention - the right to protection against disinformation – especially concerning its relation with the freedom of expression. The paper aims to show that the scope of the new provision would allow an unconstitutional restriction on the freedom of expression and that a valid norm must be determined by adequate balancing.
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The Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age

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