CRC
UNITED
NATIONS
Convention on the
Rights of the Child
Distr.
GENERAL
CRC/GC/2001/1
17 April 2001
Original: ENGLISH
Annex IX
GENERAL COMMENT NO. 1 (2001)
ARTICLE 29 (1): THE AIMS OF EDUCATION
Article 29 (1), Convention on the Rights of the Child
“1.
States Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to:
“(a) The development of the child’s personality, talents and mental and
physical abilities to their fullest potential;
“(b) The development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,
and for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations;
“(c) The development of respect for the child’s parents, his or her own cultural
identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is
living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for civilizations different
from his or her own;
“(d) The preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the
spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all
peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin;
“(e)
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The development of respect for the natural environment.”