5 July 2013 Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, When I started my mandate, I proposed a working definition of cultural rights in consonance with the Universal Declaration of...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 31 May 2013 The Human Rights Council this afternoon meeting began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and the...

31 May 2013 Honourable Chair, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen; It is my great pleasure to appear before you today and to inform you about the activities I have undertaken...

Sarajevo, 24 May 2013 Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here with you today to share my preliminary observations at the end of the 12-day official visit I carried out...

SARAJEVO (24 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, today urged all levels of the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina to maximize the...

GENEVA (8 May 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Farida Shaheed will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina from 13 to 24 May 2013 to assess the country’s efforts to enhance the right of all persons to...

GENEVA (8 May 2013) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged world Governments to ratify a key international instrument that allows individuals and groups who have been denied...

For her 2013 report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur focused on the right to freedom of artistic expression and creation, which includes the right of all persons to freely experience and contribute to artistic expressions and creations, through individual or joint practice, to have access to and enjoy the arts, and to disseminate their expressions and creations.

GENEVA (1 February 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the lower house of the Russian parliament to discard a draft bill to establish administrative...

9 November 2012 The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Ms. Farida Shaheed, wishes to thank the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for inviting her to...