Palais des Nations, The United Nations Office
Geneva, Switzerland
The Human Rights Council, through resolution 10/23 decided to establish, for a period of three years, a new special procedure entitled “independent expert in the field of cultural rights”. The mandate was extended in 2012 for a period of three years, conferring to the current mandate holder the status of Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (resolution 19/6).
The United Nations special rapporteur in the field of cultural rights has sent a questionnaire to all member states asking them to report on legislations and practices related to artistic freedom and censorship. Freemuse’s Programme Manager has been attached as a consultant for the world organization’s upcoming study and report on conditions and right to artistic freedom of expression.
Based on the background report as well as a forthcoming experts meeting and an open consultation in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur Ms. Farida Shaheed submit her final report to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2013.
. Access TANIA BRUGUERA’S INTRODUCTION TO THE MANIFESTO (English Subtitles)
. Access READ / DOWNLOAD – THE MANIFESTO
. Access QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE RIGHT TO ARTISTIC FREEDOM
. Access FINAL REPORT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (2013)
LIST OF EXPERTS:
.Bruguera, Tania
Installation and performance artist, creator of Cátedra Arte de Conducta, initiator of Immigrant Movement International and Partido del Pueblo Migrante and Initiator/Director at Arte Útil Association (Cuba)
. Cuny, Laurence
Human rights lawyer and Coordinator of a residency programme for artists at risk (France)
.Dacey, Austin
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida and adviser, Freemuse (United States of America)
. Hazan, Pierre
Lecturer, University of Geneva; Director of a programme on the issue of memorialisation, Geneva University of Art and Design (Switzerland)
.Karabuda, Alfons
Composer and chairman of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (Sweden)
. Knüsel, Pius
Former Director of Pro-Helvetia Swiss Arts Council (Switzerland)
. Iglesias, Marisol
Program Officer, Department of External Relations, WIPO
. Malik, Kenan
Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political, International and Policy Studies at the University of Surrey and Trustee of Index on Censorship (United Kingdom)
. Mboya, Joy
Director of the Performing and Visual Arts Centre Ltd. and member of the Arterial Network Steering Committee (Kenya)
. Merkel, Christine M.
Head of the Division of Culture, Memory of the World of the German Commission for UNESCO; Executive Coordinator of the German Federal Coalition for Cultural Diversity (Germany)
. Mintcheva, Svetlana
Director of the Programmes at the National Coalition Against Censorship and founder of NCAC Arts Advocacy Project (United States of America)
. Nadeem, Shahid
Playwright and media professional (Pakistan)
. Obuljen, Nina
Researcher in cultural policies (Croatia)
. Reitov, Ole
Programme Manager and one of the founders of Freemuse – the World Forum on Music and Censorship (Denmark)
. Saghieh, Nizar
Lawyer (Lebanon)
. Sansour, Larissa
Multimedia artist (Palestine)