A/HRC/34/56 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 January 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, pursuant to Council resolution 19/6. In the report, the Special Rapporteur addresses the phenomena of fundamentalism and extremism and their grave impact on the enjoyment of cultural rights. She stresses that these are human rights issues requiring a human rights-based response, which she outlines. In the report, she argues that cultural rights can play a key role in combating fundamentalism and extremism. * Reissued for technical reasons on 15 February 2017. GE.17-00630(E)  *