UN Resolution on Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity

UN Resolution 17/15 on the ‘Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity’ was adopted by the Human Rights Council on 17 June 2011.

It reaffirms that “cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interrelated and interdependent”.

The HRC further agrees 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”.