A/HRC/58/60 (g) Acknowledge the sensitive nature and meaning of heritage assets and apply ethical guidelines, such as the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance, to ensure that the digitalization process does not distort or misrepresent heritage assets; (h) Take all necessary measures to counter the digital divide by improving access to the Internet and digital literacy, in particular for marginalized parts of the population; (i) Build and implement scalable, sustainable approaches to developing advanced technology skills within organizations that manage digital collections with a view to effectively preserving digital heritage; (j) Invest in the transfer and sharing of digital knowledge and skills in order to empower sources and heritage communities to maintain their agency concerning their digitalized heritage assets; (k) Implement, where full openness is not feasible, contractual practices that balance commercial interests with public access; (l) initiatives; Promote national investment in interoperability and data-sharing (m) Focus on safeguarding digital collections against technological obsolescence and change by investing in long-term infrastructure for data preservation; (n) Support the revision of international documents in which the cultural rights approach in digitalization has been neglected and fund the revision of handbooks, tools and policies to ensure that they conform with the cultural rights approach in digitalization. 85. To align their practices in the field of digitalization of heritage with the cultural rights approach, public and private cultural institutions, heritage professionals and professionals in the field of digitalization should: (a) Regularly review their practices in the light of the cultural rights standards elaborated, inter alia, in the reports of the special procedure mandate holders in the field of cultural rights, in order to ensure respect for the rights of all concerned rights holders; (b) Adhere to the FAIR and CARE principles for cross-border usability and Indigenous data governance; (c) Conduct pre- and post-assessments to measure the cultural, social and economic impacts of digital collections through community engagement; (d) Prioritize open access to digitalized heritage assets; (e) Ensure that platforms are accessible to all, including neurodivergent persons, persons with disabilities and persons without digital skills, through a user-centred approach. 86. In order to strengthen the coherence of international law frameworks that have an impact on digital heritage, Governments and relevant international organizations, such as UNESCO and WIPO, should: (a) Give priority, to the extent possible, to the use of open access and the public domain for digitalized heritage assets and require open licensing for future digital collections research; (b) Ensure that no new rights arise from the non-original reproduction of public domain works; (c) Initiate changes in copyright law frameworks to support equitable access to digital heritage; (d) Ensure that common standards and legislation safeguard digital heritage and their digital infrastructures from security risks; (e) 20 Improve dissemination of data standards and content aggregators; GE.25-01705

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