MY RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED – WHAT CAN I DO? If your work is censored or your application to organize an event is rejected, you should immediately request a detailed explanation from the relevant authorities. Consider if your network (artists’ associations, unions or similar) can help you with legal advice. Ensure you document all details (what? when? where? who? how?) and consider whether the violation may be of interest and concern to the international artistic freedom landscape. Most organizations engaged in artistic freedom will engage in advocacy in some form, be it through appeals, statements, publishing research papers, legal representation, and events. Some of them coordinate activities through networks or grant financial support. Organizations are increasingly inviting the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights to be part of their events and workshops, and some have provided input into (her) annual and thematic reports. However, with the exception of Freemuse and PEN, few organisations in the landscape make use of the various UN instruments such as the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, UPR, the UN Special Rapporteurs, or of UNESCO’s complaints procedure to raise concerns about individuals under attack. HOW CAN I COMPLAIN? Read the chapter on UN & Council of Europe mechanisms in this manual. READ MORE: https://bit.ly/3DIJ7UW https://www.artistrights.info/how-to-use https://artistsatriskconnection.org/guide 22