A/HRC/10/60 page 2 Summary The present report summarizes contributions and views expressed by Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on the content and scope of a possible future mandate of an independent expert in the field of cultural rights. These contributions and views are summarized in the main body of the present report. The wide variety of different approaches contained in the responses received only allowed to draw some very general conclusions at the end of the report. Fifteen out of the seventeen responses received supported the establishment of an independent expert in the field of cultural rights and cultural diversity. Two contributions considered that there was no need for a new special procedures mandate in this area. Submissions that favoured the establishment of an independent expert mechanism generally shared the opinion that it would enhance the understanding and protection of cultural rights, as well as help bridge a protection gap suffered by cultural rights. Those opposing the creation of a new mandate argued that existing norms and mechanisms within the United Nations system adequately addressed cultural rights or that cultural rights should be further mainstreamed and strengthened within existing human rights mechanisms.