HUMAN RIGHTS MODULE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL Article 28 Every child has the right to education, and the duty of governments is to ensure that primary education is compulsory and available free to all, encourage different forms of secondary education that are accessible to every child and make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity. Article 29 Education shall be directed to the development of the child’s personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential. Article 30 A child belonging to a minority community or who is indigenous has the right to enjoy his or her own culture, to profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use his or her own language. Article 31 Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in cultural and artistic activities. Article 32 The child has the right to be protected from any work that is harmful to his or her health, education or development. Governments shall provide for a minimum age for admission to employment and regulation of the conditions of employment. Article 33 Every child has the right to protection from the use of narcotic drug and psychotropic substances and from involvement in the production and trafficking of such substances. Article 34 Governments undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, including prostitution and exploitative use in pornography. Article 35 Governments shall take all appropriate measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of and traffic in children. Article 36 Governments shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child’s welfare that are not included in articles 32, 33, 34 and 35. Article 37 No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arrested in violation of the law or deprived of his or her liberty. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age. 145