COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 

Forty-third session 
Pre-sessional open-ended Working Group 
on the Question of a Convention on the 
Rights of the Child 
26–30 January 1987 

Proposal submitted by Norway and Four Directions Council 
Article 16 bls 

1. The States Parties to the present Convention shall take all appropriate measures to preserve and enhance the linguistic, cultural and religious heritage of children belonging to indigenous populations or ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities. 
2. In particular States parties shall, where the best interests of the child render foster care or adoption necessary, avoid where possible the removal of children from their own group or community.