Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Author Biography

List of Abbreviations

Text of Article 31

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. Comparison with related international human rights provisions

1. Right to Rest and Leisure

2. Right to Play and Recreation

3. Right to Participate Freely in Cultural Life and the Arts

Chapter III. Scope of Article 31

1. Brief Historical Perspective

2. Nature of State Obligations

3. Scope and Meaning of Article 31

3.1 General Observations

3.2 The Right to Rest

3.3 The Right to Leisure

3.4 The Right to Engage in Play and Recreational Activities

3.5 The Right to Participate Freely in Cultural Life and the Arts.

This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is part of the series, A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides an article by article analysis of all substantive, organizational and procedural provisions of the CRC and its two Optional Protocols.

For every article, a comparison with related human rights provisions is made, followed by an in-depth exploration of the nature and scope of State obligations deriving from that article.