North Macedonia 2.2

The Constitution guarantees the following rights related to culture:

• civil rights and freedoms;
• creative autonomy;
• the obligation to support and develop culture;
• the right of the different ethnic or national groups to establish institutions for culture and art;
• the protection of the cultural and historical heritage; and
• copyright protection.

Issues related to cultural rights are mainly viewed in the focus of the cultural rights of national minorities. The Ministry of Culture supports various programs of national minorities through the distribution of grants in art and cultural fields.