# International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — selected article

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16 December 1966. Article 27; full OHCHR English PDF, 26 pages.

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### Official sources

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## Article 27

**Minorities: culture, religion and language**

In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.