30/9/22, 14:55 Oversight Board | Independent Judgment. Transparency. Legitimacy. values are relevant to this decision: Safety: We are committed to making Facebook a safe place. Expression that threatens people has the potential to intimidate, exclude or silence others and isn’t allowed on Facebook. Privacy: We are committed to protecting personal privacy and information. Privacy gives people the freedom to be themselves, and to choose how and when to share on Facebook and to connect more easily. III. International Human Rights Standards: The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, establish a voluntary framework for the human rights responsibilities of private businesses. The Board's analysis in this case was informed by UN treaty provisions and the authoritative guidance of UN human rights mechanisms, including the following: The right to freedom of expression: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR), Article 19; General Comment No. 34, Human Rights Committee (2011) ( General Comment 34); UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, reports: A/HRC/38/35 (2018); A/73/348 (2018); and A/HRC/44/49 (2020). The right to health: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ( ICESCR), Article 12; General Comment No. 14, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, E/C.12/2000/4 (2000). The right to effective remedy: ICCPR, Article 2; General Comment No. 31, the Human Rights Committee, CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add. 13 (2004). The right to privacy: ICCPR, Article 17. The right to non-discrimination: ICCPR Article 2 (para. 1); Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Article 1. The rights of the child: Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Article 6; General Comment No. 13, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/C/GC/13 (2011). 5. User Statement https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/IG-7THR3SI1 7/16