United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

Video: UN General Assembly 76, Side Event: “The Children of an Infinity of Cultures: A Human Rights Approach to Cultural Mixing,” Organized, spoke at and moderated Side Event featuring Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, October 26, 2021 (via Zoom)


A Human Rights Approach to Cultural Mixing, Mixed Cultural Identities and Syncretism, Report to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, UN Doc. A/76/178, July 19, 2021, and Annex, UN Doc. A/76/178/Annex

COVID19, Culture, and Cultural Rights, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/46/34, February 17, 2021

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her visit to Tuvalu, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/46/34/Add. 1, December 24, 2020

Climate Change, Culture and Cultural Rights, Report to the UN General Assembly, UN Doc. A/75/298, August 10, 2020, and Annex, UN Doc. No. A/75/298Annex, October 10, 2020

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her visit to Poland, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/43/50/Add.1, February 21, 2020


Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her mission to Maldives, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/43/50/Add.2, February 21, 2020


Cultural Rights Defenders, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/43/50, January 20, 2020

Tuvalu cultural survival at risk from climate change, says UN human rights expert, September 25, 2019

Preliminary findings and observations on visit to Tuvalu by UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, September 24, 2019

The Importance of Public Spaces for the Enjoyment of Cultural Rights, Report to the UN General Assembly, UN Doc. A/74/255, July 30, 2019

Cultural Rights: Tenth Anniversary Report, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/40/53, January 17, 2019

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her visit to Malaysia, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/40/53, January 15, 2019

UN Expert Concerned that Erosion of Cultural Freedom Threatens the Country’s Rich Cultural Life, End of Mission Statement by the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her visit to Poland, October 5, 2018

Universality, Cultural Diversity and Cultural Rights, Report to the UN General Assembly for the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN Doc. A/73/227, July 25, 2018

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her mission to Serbia and Kosovo, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/37/55/Add.1, January 19, 2018, https://daccess-ods.un.org/tmp/4621568.91822815.html

The Impact of Fundamentalism and Extremism on the Cultural Rights of Women, Report to the UN General Assembly, UN Doc. A/72/155, July 17, 2017, N1721694.pdf (un.org)

Brief for the International Criminal Court (ICC), as Expert Appointed by the ICC in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi (reparations phase) (concerning destruction of cultural heritage sites in Mali), April 27, 2017, public redacted version: ICC-01/12-01/15-214-AnxI-Red3, 14-08-2017 (cited by Trial Chamber VIII of the Court as “First Expert Report” in Reparations Order ICC-01/12-01/15, August 17, 2017, in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi)

The Impact of Fundamentalism and Extremism on the Enjoyment of Cultural Rights, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/34/56, January 16, 2017

Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage as a Violation of Human Rights, Report to the United Nations General Assembly, UN Doc. A/71/317, August 9, 2016

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on her mission to Cyprus, Report for the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/34/56/Add.1, March 3, 2017

Mapping of Cultural Rights and Preliminary Views on Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage as a Violation of Human Rights, Report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/31/59, February 3, 2016