2
3. Freedom to manifest one's religion or belief may be subject only to such limitations as are
prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals or the
fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
Article 2
1. No one shall be subject to discrimination by any State, institution, group of persons, or person on
the grounds of religion or other belief.
2. For the purposes of the present Declaration, the expression "intolerance and discrimination based
on religion or belief" means any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on religion or
belief and having as its purpose or as its effect nullification or impairment of the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis.
Article 3
Discrimination between human beings on the grounds of religion or belief constitutes an affront to
human dignity and a disavowal of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and shall be
condemned as a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and enunciated in detail in the International Covenants on Human Rights,
and as an obstacle to friendly and peaceful relations between nations.
Article 4
1. All States shall take effective measures to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the grounds of
religion or belief in the recognition, exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental
freedoms in all fields of civil, economic, political, social and cultural life.
2. All States shall make all efforts to enact or rescind legislation where necessary to prohibit any such
discrimination, and to take all appropriate measures to combat intolerance on the grounds of religion
or other beliefs in this matter.
Article 5
1. The parents or, as the case may be, the legal guardians of the child have the right to organize the
life within the family in accordance with their religion or belief and bearing in mind the moral education
in which they believe the child should be brought up.
2. Every child shall enjoy the right to have access to education in the matter of religion or belief in
accordance with the wishes of his parents or, as the case may be, legal guardians, and shall not be
compelled to receive teaching on religion or belief against the wishes of his parents or legal guardians,
the best interests of the child being the guiding principle.
3. The child shall be protected from any form of discrimination on the ground of religion or belief. He
shall be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and
universal brotherhood, respect for freedom of religion or belief of others, and in full consciousness that
his energy and talents should be devoted to the service of his fellow men.
4. In the case of a child who is not under the care either of his parents or of legal guardians, due
account shall be taken of their expressed wishes or of any other proof of their wishes in the matter of
religion or belief, the best interests of the child being the guiding principle.
5. Practices of a religion or belief in which a child is brought up must not be injurious to his physical or
mental health or to his full development, taking into account article 1, paragraph 3, of the present
Declaration.
Article 6