Cultural Rights in Colombia

• The document classifies cultural rights based on their objectives and characteristics, following the analysis presented in the PNC 2022-2032, within the Colombian legislative framework, including the Political Constitution, General Culture Law, and other sector laws.

Right to Cultural Life and Identity

• Aims to promote citizen participation in political, economic, administrative, and cultural spheres.
• Recognizes and respects the ethnic and cultural diversity of communities, protecting their languages.
• Guarantees the right to identify with chosen beliefs or communities.
• Ensures the representation of ethnic groups in Congress and their right to self-governance within their territories.

Right to Communications

• Seeks to protect freedom of expression and information.
• Upholds the independence and freedom of journalistic activity.
• Guarantees citizen access to all communication services.

Right to Promote Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Culture

• Encompasses freedom of teaching, research, academic study, and learning.
• Considers the right to education, access to science, technology, knowledge, cultural assets, and values.
• Aims to promote artistic creations, expressions, and symbolic manifestations nationwide.
• Strengthens and promotes the National Network of Public Libraries.

Right to Memory and Heritage

• Protects tangible and intangible cultural heritage, including archaeological assets.
• Ensures their conservation and safeguarding.
• Considers the protection of cultural property during armed conflicts.

Copyrights

• Protects and regulates intellectual property.
• Guarantees the collective authorship rights of ethnic groups to protect their languages, traditions, and knowledge.
• Covers author's rights, moral and patrimonial rights of authors, playwrights, actors, and directors.

Right to Promote and Access Cultural Rights

• Ensures access to culture for all population groups, especially children and adolescents.
• Views culture as a strategic element of territorial development.
• Promotes increased resources for culture through the issuance of the Procultura stamp, tax collection, and resource redistribution via the General Royalties System.
• Aims to finance investment projects related to the cultural sector.

Right to Economic Development Through Cultural Industries

• Incentivizes activities related to cultural and creative industries, such as publishing, film, public performances, and performing arts.
• Fosters the creative economy and protects goods and services based on intangible cultural content.
• Promotes employment opportunities within the cultural sector.
• Colombian legislation protects the cultural and ethnic diversity of all citizens.
• Jurisprudence focuses on strengthening all elements of the cultural value chain, from artistic creation to public engagement.
• Aims to satisfy the needs of creators, cultural agents, and the cultural life of Colombians.
• The legal framework preserves cultural heritage and national memory.