30 (a) ritual and ceremonial acts giving direct expression to belief, as well as practices integral to such acts, including the performance of and participation in rituals associated with certain stages of life, the use of ritual formulae and objects, and the display of symbols. Persons belonging to religious or belief minorities have the right to use the language customarily spoken by their group in the performance of these acts and practices. (b) practices as dietary regulations, the ritual slaughtering of animals, the observance of holidays and days of rest, and the wearing of distinctive clothing or head coverings. (c) acts integral to the conduct by religious or belief groups of their basic affairs, such as freedom to choose their religious or belief leaders and teachers, to establish training institutions and religious schools, and prepare and distribute religious or belief texts or publications. Article 12 1. Persons belonging to religious or belief minorities have the right to establish and maintain worship and meeting places. 2. States shall exert the utmost efforts to ensure that worship and meeting places, sites, shrines and cemeteries established and maintained by persons belonging to religious or belief minorities are fully respected and protected and shall take additional measures in cases where they are vulnerable to desecration or destruction. Article 13 1. Persons belonging to religious or belief minorities have the right to establish and maintain institutions, organisations and associations for the purpose to preserve and promote the religious or belief identity of their minority. This includes the establishment and maintenance of cultural, charitable and humanitarian institutions, organisations and associations. 2. Their official recognition or registration shall not be subjected in law or in fact to conditions that, being more burdensome than those established for comparable organizations, constitute discrimination. 3. States undertake to respect the right of persons belonging to religious or belief minorities to establish and maintain institutions, organisations and associations that choose not to apply for recognition or registration. Article 14 Parents who are members of a religious or belief minority have the right to ensure the education of their children in conformity with the religious or belief principles of their minority, provided that children’s best interest and rights to freedom of religion or belief are respected in a way consistent with their evolving capacities, without prejudice to basic values of human rights, and respect to public order, moral, and rights of other persons. Article 15 Persons belonging to minorities have the right to establish and maintain communications with individuals and communities in matters of religion or belief at the national and international levels.