Chapter 2 • The Major Universal Human Rights Instruments and the Mechanisms for Their Implementation v the child’s right to legal protection against arbitrary and unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence and the right not to be subjected to “unlawful attacks” on his or her honour or reputation – art. 16; v the child’s right of “access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social, spiritual and moral well-being and physical and mental health” – art. 17; v recognition of the principle that both parents have common and primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of the child and that the “best interests of the child will be their basic concern” – art. 18(1); v the child’s right to protection against all forms of violence and abuse – art. 19; v the child’s right to special protection and assistance when deprived of his or her family – art. 20; v whenever adoption is recognized or permitted, States parties “shall ensure that the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration” – art. 21; v rights of refugee children – art. 22; v rights of the mentally or physically disabled child – art. 23; v right of the child to the “highest attainable standard of health” and to health services – art. 24; v the right of the child placed in care to “periodic review of the treatment provided to the child and all other circumstances relevant to his or her placement” – art. 25; v the child’s right to benefit from social security, including social insurance – art. 26; v the child’s right to an adequate standard of living – art. 27; v the child’s right to education (art. 28) and the aims of that education (art. 29);48 v the right of children belonging to ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, as well as the right of children of indigenous origin, to enjoy their own culture, religion and language – art. 30; v the child’s right to rest and leisure – art. 31; v the child’s right to protection against economic exploitation and hazardous work – art. 32; v the child’s right to protection against the illicit use of drugs and psychotropic substances – art. 33; v the child’s right to protection “from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse” – art. 34; v the prevention of the abduction and sale of, or traffic in, children – art. 35; v the child’s right to protection against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of its welfare – art. 36; v the right to freedom from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including capital punishment – art. 37(a); 48 During its twenty-third session held in January 2000, “the Committee decided to engage in the drafting process of a general comment on article 29 of the Convention (aims of education), in view of the forthcoming World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance”; see UN doc. CRC/C/94, Report on the twenty-third session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, p. 103, para. 480. Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers 45