A/HRC/43/50 and support of all those facing threats, abuses, coercion and stigmatization for their work as cultural rights defenders, investigate all cases of reprisals and violations of the rights of cultural rights defenders and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice in accordance with international law; (q) Develop heightened protection mechanisms for cultural rights defenders in conflict and post-conflict situations, and whenever they face increased risks, including through urgent action plans; (r) Ensure that any diplomatic programmes to monitor the situation of human rights defenders include cultural rights defenders, artists and cultural practitioners who are at risk; (s) Grant asylum to at-risk cultural rights defenders and ensure they are able to continue their work and enjoy their human rights in exile; (t) 78. Memorialize fallen cultural rights defenders. States, international organizations and civil society should: (a) Make sure that cultural rights defenders are included in all programmes and measures for human rights defenders; (b) Fully integrate the particular needs and challenges of cultural rights defenders, and gender and disability perspectives, into holistic efforts to create safe and enabling environments for human rights defenders; (c) Raise the profile of cultural rights defenders and give this concept and the work of these defenders greater visibility; (d) Raise awareness, including through human rights education, of the inherent importance of culture, cultural rights and the work of cultural rights defenders, and their role in realizing other human rights; (e) Fully consult diverse cultural rights defenders about all programmes developed to support and protect them; (f) Make sure that cultural rights dimensions of human rights violations and of the work of relevant human rights defenders is highlighted and that data regarding cultural rights defenders are disaggregated to assess specific challenges; (g) Provide information to cultural rights defenders, including artists and cultural practitioners, about their rights and the availability of protection measures; (h) Promote accessibility and non-discrimination across the field of culture; (i) Increase international cooperation to enhance the work and protection of cultural rights defenders; (j) Ensure that the Beijing+25 process and ongoing implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action give full consideration to women cultural rights defenders, and the equal rights of women to participate in cultural life, taking into account the work of the cultural rights mandate; (k) Recognize, study and publicize the significant contributions of culture, cultural rights and cultural rights defenders to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals,53 and involve cultural rights defenders in policy processes related to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (l) Recognize the important role to be played by cultural rights defenders, including women cultural rights defenders and indigenous human rights defenders, in all processes related to climate policy. 79. 53 18 The United Nations should: en.unesco.org/courier/april-june-2017/culture-heart-sdgs.

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