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This submission focuses on mandatory hijab regulations, Indonesia’s new criminal code, the right to education, shackling of persons with psychosocial disabilities, and freedom from violence and harassment at work.
Over nearly two full years of the full-scale war, Russia has caused US$3.5 billion in damage to Ukrainian culture. The damages inflicted by Russia in 2023 increased by 40% compared to the previous year, affecting 341 cultural facilities compared to 248 facilities in 2022, according to UNESCO estimates.
ANN/CHINA DAILY – In September 2023, when United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay visited Beijing’s Zhoukoudian, famous for the discovery of Peking Man who lived between 700,000 to 200,000 years ago and one of the first specimens of Homo erectus to be found, she was full of praise for the […]
Protecting world heritage is an international obligation of China, and also a historical responsibility of the country to pass on the Chinese civilization. As more Chinese heritage sites are include...
Korea has been elected as a member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, a managing body made up of representatives from 21 nations tasked with determining which sites are added to, or removed from, the World Heritage List.