Signatories to the convention are barred from "the use of threat of physical force or penal sanctions to compel believers or non-believers" to recant their beliefs or convert.
Signatári dohovoru majú zakázané "použitie hrozieb, fyzickej sily alebo sankcií v podobe trestu na presvedčovanie veriacich alebo neveriacich" aby odvolali svoju vieru alebo ju zmenili.