والمادة 18 ليست مقصورة في تطبيقها على الديانات التقليدية أو على الأديان والعقائد ذات الخصائص أو الشعائر الشبيهة بخصائص وشعائر الديانات التقليدية.
Article 27 of the Covenant provides that, in those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to these 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.