Islamic Republic of Iran: Computer Crimes Law

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ARTICLE 19 Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3GA United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 7324 2500 Fax: +44 20 7490 0566 E-mail: info@article19.org www.article19.org ISBN: 978-1-906586-29-4 © ARTICLE 19, London, 2012 This work is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 2.5 licence. You are free to copy, distribute and display this work and to make derivative works, provided you: 1) give credit to ARTICLE 19; 2) do not use this work for commercial purposes; 3) distribute any works derived from this publication under a licence identical to this one. To access the full legal text of this licence, please visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ legalcode. ARTICLE 19 would appreciate receiving a copy of any materials in which information from this report is used. This legal analysis was written and published within the framework of a project that promotes the right to free expression and information in Iran. It was compiled and written by Andrew Smith, Law Programme Officer, reviewed by JUDr. Barbora Bukovskà, Senior Director for Law and Amir Bayani, Iran Programme Officer, all ARTICLE 19 members of staff. ARTICLE 19’s Iran Programme supports democratisation movement and under-represented groups in Iran by strengtening the online environment for freedom of expression and combating all forms of censorship in the country.
Contents Executive Summary 3 Summary Recommendations 4 About the Article 19 Law Programme 5 Introduction 6 International freedom of expression standards 8 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 8 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 8 Limitations on the Right to Freedom of Expression 10 Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression 12 Cyber Security and Respect for Human Rights 13 Interception of Communications 14 UN General Assembly Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran 15 Domestic legal framework 17 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran 17 Press Law of 1986 18 Islamic Penal Code 18 1
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