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Country visits

Country visits by mandate-holders provide an opportunity to enhance awareness at the country, regional and international levels of the specific issues and concerns under consideration. This is done, inter alia, through meetings, briefings, press coverage of the visit and dissemination of the report.

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Visits requested by the Special Rapporteur on cultural rights

Afghanistan (2019)
Algeria (Requested in 2010)
Barbados (2012)
Benin (2019)
Burkina faso (2012, accepted)
Chile (2017, accepted 2019)
China (2019)
Cuba (2015)
Denmark (2015
Ecuador (requested 2010, reminder 2015)
Fiji (2019)
India (2015, reminder 2017 and 2019)
Indonesia (2011, reminder 2017)
Italy (2016)
Jamaica (2012)
Lao PDR (2012, (reminder 2015 and 2017)
Mali (2016)
Nepal (Requested in 2010)
Norway (2015)
Pakistan (2015
Philippines (Requested in 2010)
Poland (2017)
Republic of Korea (2016)
Singapore (requested 2014, reminder 2015)
Tonga (2019)
Turkey (2012, reminder 2017)
Turkmenistan (2015, reminder 2018, accepted 2019)
Tuvalu (2019)
Uganda (2016)
Uzbekistan (2012)
Zimbabwe (2015, reminder 2017)
UNESCO (2016)

Invitations received:

Italy (2018)
State of Palestine (2014)

Forthcoming visits

Denmark (2020): currently postponed due to COVID-19; new dates to be confirmed.

Visits completed

Country	Mission dates	Press release / Press statement	Report
Tuvalu	18 to 24 September 2019	End of mission press release Statement of preliminary findings and observations
Maldives	9 to 18 June 2019	End of mission press release English \| Dhivehi Statement of preliminary findings and observations English \| Dhivehi	A/HRC/43/50/Add.2 A/HRC/43/50/Add.4
Poland	24 September to 5 October 2018	End of mission press release English \| Polish Statement English \| Polish	A/HRC/43/50/Add.1 A/HRC/43/50/Add.3
Malaysia	11 to 22 September 2017	Press release End of mission statement	A/HRC/A/HRC/40/53/Add.1 A/HRC/40/53/Add.2
Serbia and Kosovo * in accordance with UN SC res 1244.	3 to 14 October	* Press release [Albanian \| Serbian unofficial translation] End of mission statement [Serbian unofficial translation]	A/HRC/37/55/Add.1 A/HRC/37/55/Add.2
Cyprus	24 May to 2 June 2016	Press release Statement	A/HRC/34/56/Add.1 A/HRC/34/56/Add.2
Botswana	14 to 26 November 2014	Press release Statement	A/HRC/31/59/Add.1 A/HRC/31/59/Add.2
Viet Nam	18 to 29 November 2013	Press release English \| Vietnamese Statement English \| Vietnamese	A/HRC/28/57/Add.1
Viet Nam’s Comments to the Unedited Copy of the Report of the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights	-	-	A/HRC/28/57/Add.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	13 to 24 May 2013	Press release Statement	A/HRC/25/49/Add.1
Comments from the Russian Federation			A/HRC/23/34/Add.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5 to 9 November 2012	Press release Statement	A/HRC/23/34/Add.2
Russian Federation	16 to 26 April 2012	Press release English \| Russian End of mission statement English \| Russian	A/HRC/23/34/Add.1
Morocco	5 to 16 September 2011	Press release End of mission statement English \| French	A/HRC/20/26/Add.2
Austria	5 to 15 April 2011	Press release English \| German End of mission statement English \| German	A/HRC/20/26/Add.1 A/HRC/17/38/Add.2
Brazil	8 to 19 November 2010	Press release Press statement	A/HRC/17/38/Add.1

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