Privacy Rights/History/Country sources/China
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
China
The 1908 Memorial and Edict on Constitutional Government implied the privacy of the domicile: "Officers and people shall not be disturbed without cause in their possession of property, nor interfered with In their dwellings."
In 1975, the Chinese Constitution protected the right to privacy to the person and the home in Chapter III, Article 28 (Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, 1975, 39). Today, Articles 38-40 protect privacy in China. Article 38 is for personal dignity, 39 for the home, and 40 for correspondence (Constitute Project, “China (People’s Republic of) 1982 rev. 2018” ).
References:
1908 Memorial and Edict on Constitutional Government: English translation of the Edict of 1908 191 (2012) Memorial and Edict on Constitutional Government, August 27, 1908 https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzcn0021&id=3&men_tab=srchresults
1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China: https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/article/attachments/peoples-republic-of-china-constitution-1975.pdf
China (People’s Republic of) 1982 (rev. 2018): https://constituteproject.org/constitution/China_2018