Privacy Rights/History/Country sources/Belgium
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Belgium
Article 11 of the 27 October 1830 Draft Constitution of Belgium articulated a defense of the right to privacy in the home, and Article 27 did the same for privacy of correspondence. Articles 10 and 22 of the 1831 Belgium Constitution guaranteed privacy in the home and correspondence, respectively.
References:
English translation of the French text of the draft of the constitution of 27 October 1830 35 (2009): https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzbe0096&id=5&men_tab=srchresults
1831 Constitution of Belgium: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Belgium_1831