Privacy Rights/History/Country sources/Benin
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Benin
Article 2 of the 15 February 1959 Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey guaranteed the privacy of correspondence, telegraphy, and communication over the telephone, conditioned by respect for public order.
The inviolability of the domicile was guaranteed in Article 10 of the 1964 Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey, and the privacy of correspondence was guaranteed in Article 11 of the 1964 Constitution.
The 1990 constitution protects privacy in the home and of correspondence in Articles 20 and 21, respectively.
References:
1959 Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey: "Of the State and of Sovereignty," Republique du Dahomey, Constitution du 15 fevrier 1959 (1959): 57-57: https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.cow/zzbj0032&id=3&collection=cow&index=#
1964 Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey: English translation of the French original text fo the Constitution of 1964 152 (2011) Title II: The Rights and Duties of the Citizen: https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzbj0002&id=2&men_tab=srchresults
1990 Constitution of the Republic of Benin: https://constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/Benin%20Constitution%20-%20English%20Summary.pdf