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Report on the universality of human rights, cultural diversity and cultural rights
Author:
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Presented:
To the General Assembly at its 73rd session
Summary
To mark the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur examines the cultural rights approach to the universality of human rights, and the close interrelationship between universality and cultural diversity. She enumerates current threats to universality, calling for foundational renewal and vigorous defence of this principle.
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more about universality on the issue page.