Report

Call for input: Report on access to cultural heritage as a human right

Issued by

Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

Published

21 March 2011

presented to

Human Rights Council at its 17th session, May-June 2011

Report

Issued by Special Procedures

Subjects

Cultural rights, International human rights law

Symbol Number

A/HRC/17/38

Summary

The report investigates the extent to which the right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage forms part of international human rights law. Stressing the need for a human rights-based approach to cultural heritage matters, the independent expert explores the concept of cultural heritage from the perspective of human rights and presents a non-exhaustive list of human rights issues related to cultural heritage. 

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Background

The report will investigate the extent to which the right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage forms part of international human rights law. 

Inputs Received
Inputs Received
Member states
  1. Austria | Note Verbal
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. Canada | Note Verbal | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2
  4. Croatia
  5. Cuba
  6. Cyprus | Appendix 1
  7. Dominican Republic
  8. Georgia | Note Verbal | Appendix 1
  9. Germany
  10. Greece | Note Verbal
  11. Italy
  12. Japan | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2
  13. Kazakhstan
  14. Malaysia
  15. Mauritius
  16. Monaco
  17. Morocco
  18. Nepal
  19. Poland
  20. Portugal
  21. Slovakia
  22. Spain | Note Verbal | Appendix 1
  23. Switzerland
  24. Syria
  25. Turkmenistan | Pictures 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
  26. United Kingdom
  27. Ukraine
  28. Uzbekistan
  29. Venezuela
Submissions received after the deadline
National Human Rights Institutions
  1. Defensoría del Pueblo Colombia
  2. Defensoría del Pueblo Ecuador | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3
  3. Ombudsman Kosovo | Appendix 1
  4. Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos de México
  5. Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos de Nicaragua
  6. Defensoría del Pueblo Perú
  7. Provedor de Justiça Portugal | Note Verbal
Civil society stakeholders
  1. ATD quart monde
  2. Catedra UNESCO
  3. Council of Europe
  4. Dr. Oscar A. Forero
  5. IIMA and VIDES | Note Verbal
  6. International Campaign for Tibet
  7. International Steering Committee on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas Protected Areas      | Appendix 1
  8. World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA)
  9. Kirant Kamal
  10. Ministry od Endowments – Aqsa-UNISCO
  11. Partners for Law in Development – India
  12. UNESCO Etxea
  13. World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2
  14. World Blind Union

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