A/HRC/40/53 Annex Developments in the field of cultural rights at the national and regional levels around the world 1. The following is an overview of selected examples of good practice in the implementation of cultural rights at the national and regional levels around the world drawn, in particular, from submissions received. The Special Rapporteur notes that this is not a complete or fully representative survey, but it covers many positive methods for moving the cultural rights agenda forward on the ground and initiatives, which could be replicated elsewhere. In her ongoing work, the Special Rapporteur looks forward to receiving other examples from more regions, countries and locales. A. Raising awareness about cultural rights 2. Raising awareness can take the form of public campaigns through social media, dedicated human rights days or weeks, and brochures. The latter are particularly effective when they translate the information into accessible languages, and relate cultural rights to specific contexts, such as by explaining the rights one has when antiquities are found on one’s land,1 or providing information about the rights of patients faced with tuberculosis to have access to knowledge and the benefits of science, 2 and by publicly challenging fundamentalist and extremist ideologies and restrictive laws that hinder expression of diversity. 3 The Special Rapporteur received information from National Human Rights Institutions and civil society organisations about their efforts in this vein, such as the production of radio talk shows promoting human rights and rights of women in Egypt. 3, Submissions mention instances when cultural rights were referred to as means to achieve sustainable peace, build bridges of dialogue and increase democratic participation and respect for diversity.4 The National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria noted that, in their country, “cultural rights are recognised as being indigenous to a people and continuous efforts are being made by government and non-state actors to educate people on the need to respect Nigeria’s cultural diversity through workshops, conferences and seminars”. 4. Cultural rights have also been the subject of trainings for cultural professionals working. Submissions received mention trainings for heritage and conservation professionals, cultural operators, artists and policy makers. 5 In France, for example, a large applied research project was developed since 2012 to analyse public policies through the lens of cultural rights.6 Piloted by the French organization Reseau Culture 21 and the Observatoire de la diversité et des droits culturels, the project developed training and a methodology to guide agents of public services through the evaluation of more than 350 of their activities, programmes and processes with a cultural rights approach. In a different area, the International Federation of Library Associations has developed and widely distributed guidelines on cultural rights for librarians,7 and the Itaú Cultural institute in Brazil has been organizing yearly short trainings on cultural rights, including the work of the mandate since 2010.8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Emek Shaveh, p. 6. Treatment action group, §34, Know your rights guide, translated into 8 languages. Freemuse, p. 2; European Bangladesh Forum, p. 4, Government of Mauritius, p. 1. RASHID, National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria. Submissions from ICOMOS Norway, RASHID, Observatoire de la diversité et des droits culturels. See the website of the project, called Paideia: www.droitsculturels.org/paideia. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), p. 5. See www.itaucultural.org.br. 21