A/HRC/17/38/Add.1 Annex Report of the independent expert in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, on her mission to Brazil Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–6 4 II. General background ................................................................................................ 7–14 5 III. IV. A. Cultural diversity in Brazil ............................................................................. 7–9 5 B. The place of culture in the Governmental agenda .......................................... 10–14 5 Normative and institutional framework .................................................................. 15–46 6 A. International and regional legal framework .................................................... 15–22 6 B. National legal and policy framework.............................................................. 23–36 7 C. National institutional framework .................................................................... 37–46 10 Cultural rights in Brazil: challenges and achievements........................................... 47–88 12 A. The right to take part in cultural life ............................................................... 47–60 12 B. The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications ...... 61–65 14 C. The right to enjoy one's own culture: the case of indigenous peoples ............ 66–73 15 D. The right to profess and practice one's own religion together with the right to enjoy one’s own culture: the case of Afro-Brazilians................................. 74–81 17 The right to use one's own language ............................................................... 82–88 19 Conclusions and recommendations ......................................................................... 89–97 20 E. V. 3