Sara Whyatt
Independent Human Rights Consultancy
Clients include:
ARTICLE 19 London Freemuse
Copenhagen
IFEX
Toronto
Metis Publishing
Istanbul
Norwegian PEN
Oslo
PEN
International
London Turkish Publishers Association
Istanbul UNESCO
Paris
Reports
May 2018 – Editor - PEN International Writers in Prison Case List - January to December 2017
I worked with the PEN International team to rationalise and edit its annual global report listing attacks on writers in 2017.
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December 2015 – Researcher on Artistic Freedom for UNESCO report - Re-Shaping Cultural Policies
In December 2015, UNESCO published its Global Report that monitors the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Cultural Expression giving an analysis of current trends and challenges in cultural policy including transnational mobility, artistic freedom, access to international marketplaces, and the digital environment. I was the report's researcher, working with Freemuse, on the chapter on how artistic freedom worldwide is challenged, giving examples of how it is promoted and protected.
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March 2018 - Editor - Freemuse State of Artistic Freedom Report| Author of chapter on Turkey
I worked with the Freemuse team as editor of its annual report on artistic freedom globally, and also researched and wrote the in-depth analysis on Turkey for the Report. To read the report, click on the image.
December 2017 - Re|Shaping Cultural Policies - UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2018 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions
I am the author of the chapter on promoting the freedom to imagine and create for this UNESCO report launched in December 2017. It is the basis of my continuing work for the Organisation devising training for State parties and civil society organisations.
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May 2019 – Editor - PEN International Writers in Prison Case List - January to December 2018
I worked with the PEN International team as editor on its annual case list listing attacks on writers globally in 2018.
Click on image to read the Case List
