A/HRC/17/38 (f) States should take measures to encourage professionals working in the field of cultural heritage to adopt a human rights-based approach and to develop rules and guidelines in this respect; (g) Professionals working in the field of cultural heritage and cultural institutions (museums, libraries and archives in particular) should build stronger relationships with the communities and peoples whose cultural heritage they are the repositories of, respect their contributions regarding the significance, interpretation, sharing and display of such heritage, and consider in good faith their queries regarding repatriation; (h) Researchers should likewise build stronger relationships with the communities and peoples whose cultural heritage they desire to investigate, especially when recording cultural heritage manifestations, to ensure their free, prior and informed consent at all stages of research and dissemination; (i) Tourism and entertainment industries should respect the right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage. This implies, in particular, fully taking into consideration the complaints lodged by concerned individuals and communities who consider that their cultural heritage has been misused, misrepresented or misappropriated, or that their cultural heritage is being endangered by their activities; (j) States should ensure access to the cultural heritage of one’s own communities, as well as that of others, while respecting customary practices governing access to cultural heritage. In particular, such access should be ensured through education and information, including by the use of modern information and communication technologies. States should also ensure to that end, that the content of programmes is established in full cooperation with the concerned communities; (k) States should adopt positive measures to ensure access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage by all people regardless of gender, including people with scarce financial resources, and those with mental and physical disabilities; (l) States should make available effective remedies, including judicial remedies, to concerned individuals and communities who feel that their cultural heritage is either not fully respected and protected or that their right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage is being infringed upon. In arbitration and litigation processes, the specific relationship of communities to cultural heritage should be fully taken into consideration; (m) States are encouraged to ratify relevant international and regional treaties for the preservation/safeguarding of cultural heritage, and to implement them at the national level adopting a human rights-based approach; (n) States should include in their periodic reports to treaty bodies, in particular the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, information on action taken to ensure the full participation of concerned individuals and communities in cultural heritage preservation/safeguard programmes, as well as on measures taken, particularly in the field of education and information, to ensure access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage. 21

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