Schedule 2
3.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2003
Reprinted as at
1 December 2020
Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety,
order, health or morals, or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
Article 15
1.
States Parties recognise the rights of the child to freedom of association and to
freedom of peaceful assembly.
2.
No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of these rights other than those
imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic
society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre
public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights
and freedoms of others.
Article 16
1.
No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her
privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her
honour and reputation.
2.
The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or
attacks.
Article 17
States Parties recognise the important function performed by the mass media and
shall ensure that the child has access to information and material from a diversity of
national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his or
her social, spiritual and moral well-being and physical and mental health. To this end,
States Parties shall:
(a)
Encourage the mass media to disseminate information and material of social
and cultural benefit to the child and in accordance with the spirit of Article 29;
(b)
Encourage international co-operation in the production, exchange and dissemination of such information and material from a diversity of cultural, national
and international sources;
(c)
Encourage the production and dissemination of children’s books;
(d)
Encourage the mass media to have particular regard to the linguistic needs of
the child who belongs to a minority group or who is indigenous;
(e)
Encourage the development of appropriate guidelines for the protection of the
child from information and material injurious to his or her well-being, bearing
in mind the provisions of Articles 13 and 18.
Article 18
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States Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure recognition of the principle
that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child. Parents or, as the case may be, legal guardians, have the pri-