United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/40/53/Add.1 Distr.: General 10 January 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Malaysia Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights* ** Summary The Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights visited Malaysia from 11 to 22 September 2017, at the invitation of the Government. The purpose of the visit was to identify, in a spirit of cooperation and constructive dialogue, good practices in, and possible obstacles to, the promotion and protection of cultural rights in Malaysia. The Special Rapporteur addressed, in particular, issues related to the right of individuals and groups to participate in cultural life, and the impact of fundamentalism and extremism on the enjoyment of cultural rights. She makes a number of recommendations with a view to assisting the Government and other relevant actors in their efforts to address the challenges in implementing cultural rights in Malaysia. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-00366(E) 