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Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees cultural rights, including the right of all to participate freely in cultural life, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Education is a prerequisite for enjoying many cultural rights. For instance, the right to enjoy the benefits of ...
Jul 7, 2017 · On 31 March 2022, the Human Rights Council adopted unanimously resolution 49/7 entitled “Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage” and requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights to convene a one-day workshop to review and promote the tools for the dissemination and possible methods of implementation of an ...
About special procedures. “Education is both a human right in itself and an indispensable means of realizing other human rights. As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalized adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty and obtain the means to participate fully in their ...
Entry into force: 3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27 Preamble The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person,
The Special Rapporteur calls for the right to education to be viewed as a cultural right – that is, as the right of each person to the cultural resources necessary to freely follow a process of identification, to experience mutually rewarding relations his or her life long, to deal with the crucial challenges facing our world and to engage in the practices that make it possible to take ownership of and contribute to these resources.
Take our questionnaire by 17 August 2024 (deadline extended). Economic social and cultural rights (ESCR) include the rights to adequate food, to adequate housing, to education, to health, to social security, to take part in cultural life, to water and sanitation, and to work.Key concepts of ESCREconomic, social and cultural rights — and civil ...
d) General Comment No. 13: The right to education (article 13) (1999) (Adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Twenty-first Session, E/C.12/1999/10, 8 December 1999) 1. Education is both a human right in itself and an indispensable means of realizing other human rights. As an empowerment right, education is the ...
Nov 2, 2001 · Article 4 - Human rights as guarantees of cultural diversity. The defence of cultural diversity is an ethical imperative, inseparable from respect for human dignity. It implies a commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the rights of persons belonging to minorities and those of indigenous peoples.
The mandate on cultural rights does not aim to protect culture or cultural heritage per se, but to promote the conditions allowing all people without discrimination to access, participate and contribute to all aspects of cultural life in a continuously developing manner. Therefore, the focus of Special Rapporteur's thematic studies and country visits is not on cultural sites and institutions per se, but rather on considering how particular policies, legal framework relating to such sites and ...
Apr 16, 2021 · The Special Rapporteur calls for the right to education to be viewed as a cultural right – that is, as the right of each person to the cultural resources necessary to freely follow a process of identification, to experience mutually rewarding relations his or her life long, to deal with the crucial challenges facing our world and to engage in the practices that make it possible to take ownership of and contribute to these resources.
