A/HRC/43/50/Add.2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 February 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Maldives Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights*, ** Summary The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her mission to Maldives from 9 to 18 June 2019. The purpose of the visit was to understand, in a spirit of cooperation and constructive dialogue, how the Government endeavours to implement cultural rights and identify good practices in, and possible obstacles to, the promotion and protection of cultural rights in Maldives. In particular, the Special Rapporteur addressed issues related to the right to take part in cultural life without discrimination, the impact of fundamentalism on the exercise of cultural rights and the implications of climate change for these rights. She makes a number of recommendations with a view to assisting the country in its efforts to implement cultural rights for all. * The present report was submitted after the deadline so as to include the most recent information. ** The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. GE.20-02751(E) 