activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to fully participate in cultural
and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities
for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.
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 self-reliance and active participation in the community.
2. States Parties to the present Charter shall ensure, subject to available resources, to a
disabled child and to those responsible for his care, of 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 cultural and moral development.
3. The States 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. States 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;