A/HRC/44/49/Add.2*
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 July 2020
English only
Human Rights Council
Forty-fourth session
15 June–3 July 2020
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Research report on artistic freedom of expression
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and promotion and
protection of the freedom of opinion and expression**
Summary
This research report concerns the right to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, and through any media – including in the form of
art. As such, it provides an overview of the human rights law framework applicable to artistic
freedom of expression, highlights several contemporary instances of threat to artistic
freedom, and concludes with a limited number of recommendations for States, private actors
and civil society.
* Reissued for technical reasons on 11 January 2021.
** Reproduced as received, in the language of submission only.
GE.20-09973(E)