Article 30 of CRC guarantees Indigenous childrens rights
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“Article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees the rights of Indigenous and minority children to practise their religion, use their language, and enjoy their culture.”
Summary
Article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child obliges states to ensure that children who are members of minority or Indigenous groups are not denied the right, in community with others of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, and to use their own language. This wording is reflected in the UNCRC text and its official commentaries.
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- Right to enjoy and benefit from culture | Attorney-General's Department
Similar protections for women, children and people with disabilities are found CEDAW, the CRC and the CRPD respectively. Further, the CERD guarantees the right of everyone to equal participation in cultural activities without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin. You will need to consider the right to enjoy and benefit from culture when you are working on legislation, a policy or a program that: ... limits the ability of Indigenous Australians to observe and take part in cultural practices, including use and enjoyment of land and natural resources, for example by engaging in traditional hunting and fishing practices
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
17.Although article 30 is expressed in negative terms, it nevertheless recognizes the existence of a “right” and requires that it “shall not be denied”. Consequently, a State party is under an obligation to ensure that the existence and the exercise of this right are protected against ...
- CRC General Comment 2001
In addition to the general principles ... to education for health (article 24), right to education (article 28), and linguistic and cultural rights of children belonging to minority groups (article 30)....
- Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Cultures Under the ...
embodied by their artifacts. 30 Survival for them is not simply a question of physical
- Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights Volume 10 | Issue 2
a veto right, but rather a way of ensuring that indigenous peoples meaningfully participate in · decisions directly impacting their lands, territories, and resources.30 What is clear is that FPIC
- Article 30: Children of minorites or of indigenous peoples | CRIN
In those States in which ethnic, ... 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, to profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use ...
- Article 30: Children of minorities or of indigenous peoples – CRIN Legal
Cited CRC Articles: Article 2: Non-discrimination, Article 29: Aims of education, Article 30: Children of minorities or of indigenous peoples · Themes: Children in vulnerable situations, Education and cultural rights, General principles · Issues: Minority languages, Minority or indigenous children
- UNCRC Article 30: Minority Culture, Language and Religion - Save the Children Australia
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- Article 30 - I have a right to speak my own language and to follow my family’s way of life.
Article 30 of the UNCRC makes it clear that children and young people who belong to a minority group have the right to share their culture, language and religion with other people in that group.
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