A/HRC/58/60/Add.1 65. The fact that many memorialization initiatives have emerged from the families of victims or from groups such as migrants is an excellent dynamic that should be welcomed by the authorities. But civil society groups cannot substitute for the responsibility of the State. The continuous preservation of the memorial process, the necessary legal and archiving expertise, and the safeguarding and conservation of memorial assets must be publicly guaranteed, among other things, to prevent negationism. The right balance must be struck between bottom-up, civil society initiatives and active memorial policies from the authorities. Victims of human rights violations, and the inhabitants of Chile in general, have a right to know about their past and share their history. 3. Access to and participation in arts and cultural spaces 66. The right to take part in cultural life implies real opportunities to access and enjoy cultural spaces. Artistic and cultural spaces have reportedly been reduced to commodities or touristic attractions, with very little support from the public authorities to ensure theses spaces are accessible and affordable for all. The fact that cultural activities are expensive excludes a large part of the population from accessing and enjoying them on a regular basis. It also perpetuates the impression that arts and cultural activities are only for the elite, not for all. With limited public funding, theatres, cinemas and cultural centres only survive where there is enough critical mass to sustain their existence, as in big cities like Santiago, where most of the cultural offerings are concentrated in five communes. Meanwhile, most of the country is left without active spaces to create, develop, enjoy and transmit artistic and cultural practices. Most theatres and cultural centres that are not supported do not have the personnel or equipment to keep the spaces going, with the exception of a few private or locally supported spaces. 67. Concerns were raised multiple times about the scarcity of information on cultural offerings,14 including musical offerings, as well as the lack of diversity and interculturality in the content proposed by most cultural institutions. The need for public media to embrace its mission to disseminate information that reflects the full diversity of national works was expressed. The unavailability of public transportation options in the capital was mentioned as an additional obstacle. 68. Beyond the material obstacles, the fact that arts and cultural activities are peripheral in education deprives many of the opportunity to be introduced to and develop a relationship with the arts in their various forms. This is fundamental to developing the full potential of all individuals, or as one person told the Special Rapporteur, art is part of everyone and a means for transformation and social change. 69. There is a pressing need for cultural mediation, through spaces that respect, welcome and encourage the artistic desires and capacities of each person and provide conditions for individuals and communities to be subjects of their own artistic rights, and not mere consumers and spectators of the works of others. There must be more trust on the part of the authorities that Chileans across the country have something to say and can contribute to artistic and cultural life. 70. Cultural policies should strengthen the overall ecosystem of cultural actors and organizations to involve more of the existing cultural centres, libraries and artistic spaces, from the north to the south. This ecosystem should include all the professions and crafts that make cultural works possible, to create dynamics and foster complementarities so that all Chileans may enjoy cultural and artistic creations. 4. Embracing diversity and interculturality 71. It has long been established that cultural rights and cultural diversity are mutually reinforcing, and that the exercise of any human right or cultural diversity may not be invoked to infringe upon human rights guaranteed by international law or to limit their scope. These principles guard against relativist attempts to use what are claimed to be cultural, religious 14 GE.25-01340 Despite the existence of a site aiming to gather information about all cultural offerings (chilecultura.gob.cl). 13