Privacy Rights/History/Country sources/Brazil
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Brazil
In its first constitution, Brazil guaranteed the inviolability of the home in Article 179.7 and of correspondence in Article 179.27.
Today personal privacy, the home, and correspondence are protected in Article 5(X-XII) (Constitute Project, “Brazil 1988 rev. 2017” ).
References:
1824 Political Constitution of the Empire of Brazil: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Empire_of_Brazil
1988 Brazil Constitution: https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Brazil_2017? lang=en