Table 29.1.

Relating Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse Harms to Human Rights Instruments.

Harms ReportedResearchHuman Rights Instrument
Reputational damagePEW (2017) UDHR Art. 12 (UN General Assembly, 1948); ICCPR Art. 17 (UN General Assembly, 1966) relating to the right to privacy
Avoided certain places
Ceased attending certain offline places
FRA (2014)
PEW (2017) 
UDHR Art. 13 (UN, 1948); ICCPR (UN General Assembly, 1966) Art. 12 relating to the right to freedom of movement
Stopped using an online service
Deleted their profile or changed their username
Refrained from posting something online
African Development Bank Group, 2016; FRA, 2014; PEW, 2017
PEW (2017)
PEW (2017) 
UDHR Art. 19 (UN, 1948): ICCPR Art. 19 (UN General Assembly, 1966) relating to the right to freedom of opinion and expression, through any media
Exited the platform
Avoided engaging with strangers online
African Development Bank Group, 2016; FRA, 2014; PEW, 2017
African Development Bank Group (2016) 
UDHR Art. 20 (UN, 1948); ICCPR Art. 22 (UN General Assembly, 1966); CEDAW Art. 13 (UN General Assembly, 1993) relating to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and participation in all aspects of cultural life

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