Edited by Lucky Belder, Senior Researcher, Renforce Research Programme, Europa Institute, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Helle Porsdam, Professor of Law and Humanities and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Rights, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

• Contents:Introduction: Outlining the field of cultural rights and its importanceLucky Belder and Helle Porsdam1. The United Nations Cultural Rights Mandate: Reflections on the significance and challengesFarida Shaheed2. Implementing cultural rights (Nature, issues at stake and challenges) - Report 2010 (A/HRC/14/36)Lotte Hughes3. The right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage - Report 2011 (A/HRC/17/38)Lucky Belder4. The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications - Report 2012 (A/HRC/20/26)Helle Porsdam and Matthias Mann5. The enjoyment of cultural rights by women on an equal basis with men - Report 2012 (A/67/287)Yvonne Donders6. The right to freedom of expression and creativity - Report 2013 (A/HRC/23/34)Shahira Amin7. Corporate interests and artistic voices: the Plesner caseStina Teilmann-Lock 8. History, memory and memorialization processes - Report 2013 – 2014 (A/68/296, 2013 and A/HRC/25/49, 2014)Hanne Hagtvedt Vik9. The impact of commercial advertising and marketing practices on the enjoyment of cultural rights - Report 2014 (A/69/286)Dalindyebo Shabalala10. Copyright policy and the right to science and culture - Report 2015 (A/HRC/28/57)Fiona Macmillan11. Patent policy and the right to science and culture - Report 2015 (A/70/279)Jannice KällIndex

‘Negotiating Cultural Rights is a noteworthy addition to the literature on cultural rights. The value of the book resides primarily in presenting Shaheed’s personal narrative of her experience as Special Rapporteur, addressing her work in its entirety and complexity by analyzing all ten reports, and identifying future lines of inquiry that scholars (as well as the current Special Rapporteur) are invited to pursue.’