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Civil and Political Rights
PART II
(16.7) - in this context respect, inter alia, the liberty of parents to ensure the religious and
moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions;
(16.8) - allow the training of religious personnel in appropriate institutions;
(16.9) - respect the right of individual believers and communities of believers to acquire, possess, and use sacred books, religious publications in the language of their choice and other articles and materials related to the practice of religion or belief,
(16.10) - allow religious faiths, institutions and organizations to produce, import and disseminate religious publications and materials;
(16.11) - favourably consider the interest of religious communities to participate in public dialogue, including through the mass media.
(17) The participating States recognize that the exercise of the above-mentioned rights relating to the freedom of religion or belief may be subject only to such limitations as are provided
by law and consistent with their obligations under international law and with their international commitments. They will ensure in their laws and regulations and in their application
the full and effective exercise of the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief.
(…)
(32) They will allow believers, religious faiths and their representatives, in groups or on an individual basis, to establish and maintain direct personal contacts and communication with
each other, in their own and other countries, inter alia through travel, pilgrimages and participation in assemblies and other religious events. In this context and commensurate with such
contacts and events, those concerned will be allowed to acquire, receive and carry with them
religious publications and objects related to the practice of their religion or belief.
Copenhagen 1990
The participating States reaffirm that
(9.4) - everyone will have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right
includes freedom to change one’s religion or belief and freedom to manifest one’s religion or
belief, either alone or in community with others, in public or in private, through worship,
teaching, practice and observance. The exercise of these rights may be subject only to such restrictions as are prescribed by law and are consistent with international standards;
(…)
(32) (…) Persons belonging to national minorities have the right freely to express, preserve
and develop their ethnic, cultural, linguistic or religious identity and to maintain and develop their culture in all its aspects, free of any attempts at assimilation against their will. In particular, they have the right
(…)
(32.3) - to profess and practise their religion, including the acquisition, possession and use
of religious materials, and to conduct religious educational activities in their mother tongue;
(…)
(33) The participating States will protect the ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity of national minorities on their territory and create conditions for the promotion of that
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