Schedule 2
2.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2003
Reprinted as at
1 December 2020
No part of the present Article or Article 28 shall be construed so as to interfere
with the liberty of individuals and bodies to establish and direct educational
institutions, subject always to the observance of the principle set forth in paragraph 1 of the present Article and to the requirements that the education given
in such institutions shall conform to such minimum standards as may be laid
down by the State.
Article 30
In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities or persons of indigenous origin exist, a child belonging to such a minority or who is indigenous shall
not be denied the right, in community with other members of his or her group, to
enjoy his or her own culture, or profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use
his or her own language.
Article 31
1.
States Parties recognise the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in
play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
2.
States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate
fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.
Article 32
1.
States Parties recognise the right of the child to be protected from economic
exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to
interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or
physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
2.
States Parties shall take legislative, administrative, social and educational
measures to ensure the implementation of the present Article. To this end, and
having regard to the relevant provisions of other international instruments,
States Parties shall in particular:
(a)
Provide for a minimum age or minimum ages for admission to employment;
(b)
Provide for appropriate regulation of the hours and conditions of
employment;
(c)
Provide for appropriate penalties or other sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement of the present Article.
Article 33
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislative, administrative, social and educational measures, to protect children from the illicit use of nar32