A/HRC/43/50 B. Recommendations 77. States should: (a) Respect, protect, ensure and fulfil cultural rights for all without discrimination, in accordance with international standards; (b) Respect and ensure the rights of all cultural rights defenders; (c) Fully implement the provisions of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and other relevant standards, including General Assembly resolution 68/181 on protecting women human rights defenders; (d) Raise awareness about the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, including by translating it into local languages and making it available in accessible formats; (e) Ensure that all national legislation related to human rights defenders, including cultural rights defenders, is in accordance with international human rights standards, and abrogate or reform without delay any legislation not in compliance with international standards or that inhibits the work of cultural rights defenders, or puts them at risk, such as criminalization of sexual orientation, blasphemy laws or laws that discriminate against women and minorities; (f) Adopt cultural rights-based cultural policies that include the work of cultural rights defenders, and protections for them, including strategies and mechanisms for responding to violations, and amend existing cultural policies to ensure these issues are fully covered; (g) Respect the autonomy of the cultural sectors and cultural institutions and their directors and staffs; (h) Ensure adequate funding across the cultural sectors, with the UNESCOrecommended standard of 1 per cent of expenditures for culture as a minimum; Ensure that adequate funds are available for the work of cultural rights defenders; (i) Identify and remove any obstacles for cultural rights defenders in securing adequate funding for their work, including from foreign sources, in accordance with international standards; (j) Conduct national assessments, in conjunction with civil society, national human rights institutions, cultural rights defenders and experts, of the enjoyment of cultural rights, and the ability of cultural rights defenders to do their work freely, identifying obstacles and recommending necessary remedies; (k) Systematically review all recommendations by the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, and other relevant recommendations by special procedures mandate holders and treaty bodies, related to human rights defenders, including cultural rights defenders, and ensure their implementation; (l) Respond adequately to all communications sent by special procedures mandate holders concerning cultural rights defenders; review all cases raised, and where violations are found, urgently provide remedies; (m) Conduct awareness-raising about cultural rights and the importance and positive nature of the work of cultural rights defenders in implementing these rights; (n) Recognize and support the positive role of dissent through cultural and creative expressions, and ensure that cultural dissenters are protected and not depicted as alien to society or cultures; (o) Express support for cultural rights defenders and their work, and encourage non-State actors to do so; (p) Immediately release all cultural rights defenders arbitrarily detained owing to their cultural rights work, cease legal proceedings against cultural rights defenders for their work in accordance with international norms, ensure protection 17