Promotion of the Enjoyment of the Cultural Rights of Everyone and Respect for Cultural Diversity

A/HRC/RES/17/15View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2008–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/61/12

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/12	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity	1,050	88%Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/11	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity	932	81%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/18	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity	761	96%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/16	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity	782	80%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/9	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity	793	84%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Cultural Participation Cultural Pluralism Human Rights Right to Culture

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interrelated and interdependent;

Recognizes the right of everyone to take part in cultural life and to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications;

Reaffirms that, while the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of the State, regardless of its political, economic and cultural system, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Recalls that, as expressed in the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, no one may invoke cultural diversity to infringe upon human rights guaranteed by international law, nor to limit their scope;

Reaffirms that States have the responsibility to promote and protect cultural rights and that these rights should be guaranteed for all without discrimination;

Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural heritage and cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of human rights throughout the world and fostering stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide;

Also recognizes that respect for cultural rights is essential for development, peace and the eradication of poverty, building social cohesion and the promotion of mutual respect, tolerance and understanding between individuals and groups, in all their diversity;

Emphasizes that the universal promotion and protection of human rights, including cultural rights, and respect for cultural diversity should reinforce each other;

Takes note of the report of the independent expert in the field of cultural rights, in which she focused on the right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage;²

²A/HRC/17/38.

Also takes note of the work conducted by the independent expert, including the questionnaire on access to cultural heritage, as well as the holding of an experts’ meeting on the right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage, on 8 and 9 February 2011, and a public consultation in Geneva on 10 February 2011;

Reiterates its call upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the independent expert in the discharge of her mandate, to provide her with all the necessary information requested by her and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to her requests to visit their countries in order to enable her to fulfil her duties effectively;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the human and financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate by the independent expert;

Requests the independent expert to present her next report to the Human Rights Council at its twentieth session, and decides to consider the report under the same agenda item in accordance with its programme of work.

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