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Religious minority children

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CRC Article = 30
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A religious minority is a group of people of common religion or belief in minority within the territory of a State. Under Article 30 of the CRC those States Parties in which religious minorities exist shall not deny a child belonging to such a minority the right, in community with other members of his or her group, to profess and practise his or her own religion. This right is also recognized in Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966). Noteworthy is the standard-setting work of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, including the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1993.

See also:
Discrimination   Freedom of religion   Minority children