ARTICLE 13
Handicapped Children
1. Every child who is mentally or physically disabled shall have the right to special measures of protection in
keeping with his physical and moral needs and under conditions which ensure his dignity, promote his selfreliance and active participation in the community.
2. State Parties to the present Charter shall ensure, subject to available resources, to a disabled child and to those
responsible for his care, assistance for which application is made and which is appropriate to the child’s
condition and in particular shall ensure that the disabled child has effective access to training, preparation for
employment and recreation opportunities in a manner conducive to the child achieving the fullest possible social
integration, individual development and his/her cultural and moral development.
3. The State Parties to the present Charter shall use their available resources with a view to achieving
progressively the full convenience of the mentally and physically disabled person to movement and access to
public highway buildings and other places to which the disabled may legitimately want to have access to.
ARTICLE 14
Health and Health Services
1. Every child shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical, mental and spiritual health.
2. State Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in
particular shall take measures:
(a) to reduce infant and child mortality rate;
(b) to ensure the provision of necessary medical assistance and health care to all children with emphasis on the
development of primary health care;
(c) to ensure the provision of adequate nutrition and safe drinking water;
(d) to combat disease and malnutrition within the framework of primary health care through the application of
appropriate technology;
(e) to ensure appropriate health care for expectant and nursing mothers;
(f) to develop preventive health care and family life education and provision of service;
(g) to integrate basic health service programmes in national development plans;
(h) to ensure that all sectors of the society, in particular, parents, children, community leaders and community
workers are informed and supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and nutrition, the advantages
of breastfeeding, hygiene and environmental sanitation and the prevention of domestic and other accidents;
(i) to ensure the meaningful participation of non-governmental organizations, local communities and the
beneficiary population in the planning and management of basic service programmes for children;
(j) to support through technical and financial means, the mobilization of local community resources in the
development of primary health care for children.
ARTICLE 15
Child Labour
1. Every child shall be protected from all forms of economic exploitation and from performing any work that is
likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral, or social development.