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and support of all those facing threats, abuses, coercion and stigmatization for their
work as cultural rights defenders, investigate all cases of reprisals and violations of
the rights of cultural rights defenders and ensure that perpetrators are brought to
justice in accordance with international law;
(q)
Develop heightened protection mechanisms for cultural rights defenders
in conflict and post-conflict situations, and whenever they face increased risks,
including through urgent action plans;
(r)
Ensure that any diplomatic programmes to monitor the situation of
human rights defenders include cultural rights defenders, artists and cultural
practitioners who are at risk;
(s)
Grant asylum to at-risk cultural rights defenders and ensure they are
able to continue their work and enjoy their human rights in exile;
(t)
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Memorialize fallen cultural rights defenders.
States, international organizations and civil society should:
(a)
Make sure that cultural rights defenders are included in all programmes
and measures for human rights defenders;
(b)
Fully integrate the particular needs and challenges of cultural rights
defenders, and gender and disability perspectives, into holistic efforts to create safe
and enabling environments for human rights defenders;
(c)
Raise the profile of cultural rights defenders and give this concept and
the work of these defenders greater visibility;
(d)
Raise awareness, including through human rights education, of the
inherent importance of culture, cultural rights and the work of cultural rights
defenders, and their role in realizing other human rights;
(e)
Fully consult diverse cultural rights defenders about all programmes
developed to support and protect them;
(f)
Make sure that cultural rights dimensions of human rights violations
and of the work of relevant human rights defenders is highlighted and that data
regarding cultural rights defenders are disaggregated to assess specific challenges;
(g)
Provide information to cultural rights defenders, including artists and
cultural practitioners, about their rights and the availability of protection measures;
(h)
Promote accessibility and non-discrimination across the field of culture;
(i)
Increase international cooperation to enhance the work and protection
of cultural rights defenders;
(j)
Ensure that the Beijing+25 process and ongoing implementation of the
Beijing Platform for Action give full consideration to women cultural rights
defenders, and the equal rights of women to participate in cultural life, taking into
account the work of the cultural rights mandate;
(k)
Recognize, study and publicize the significant contributions of culture,
cultural rights and cultural rights defenders to the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals,53 and involve cultural rights defenders in policy processes related
to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
(l)
Recognize the important role to be played by cultural rights defenders,
including women cultural rights defenders and indigenous human rights defenders, in
all processes related to climate policy.
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The United Nations should:
en.unesco.org/courier/april-june-2017/culture-heart-sdgs.