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 recognize 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 cooperation in the production,
exchange and dissemination of such information and material from a
diversity of cultural, national and international sources;
(c)
books;
Encourage the production and dissemination of children’s
(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.
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