However, in a more extensive commentary in 1998 (E/CN.4/1998/40), the Special Rapporteur moved beyond understanding the right to information as an element of freedom of expression generally aiming at securing democracy, towards the understanding that: “the right to seek and receive information is not simply a converse of the right to freedom of opinion and expression but a freedom on its own” (para.
Toutefois, en 1998, dans un commentaire plus approfondi (E/CN.4/1998/40), le Rapporteur spécial, dépassant l'idée que le droit à l'information est un élément de la liberté d'expression généralement destiné à renforcer la démocratie, a affirmé que: