Tangible Cultural Heritage and International Human Rights Law

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger O'Keefe
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human

Saving Hasankeyf: Limits and Possibilities of International Human Rights Law

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-34
Author(s):  
Bahar Aykan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
Grassroots Initiatives ◽  
International Human

Abstract:This article explores the limits and possibilities of international human rights law in protecting cultural heritage from state-led destruction. It does so by focusing on two attempts by activists and non-governmental organizations to have the United Nations and the Council of Europe intervene to save the ancient city of Hasankeyf in Turkey’s southeast region, which will soon be flooded by the reservoir waters of the Ilısu Dam. Adopting a heritage rights focus, these grassroots initiatives have argued that Hasankeyf’s destruction would constitute a violation of human rights because it would deprive people of their right to participate in, and benefit from, cultural heritage. I suggest that, as powerful attempts to link cultural heritage and human rights, these cases demonstrate the need for more effective and legally binding international frameworks to protect heritage rights as an aspect of human rights.

Temporalities of International Heritage Law

2019 ◽  
pp. 106-126
Author(s):  
Lucas Lixinski
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Way

This chapter focuses on the way international heritage law applies across time, and the mismatch between community and state expectations of these relationships between heritage and time. While it often relies on time as a means to define heritage, international heritage law has in many respects a difficult relationship with Chronos. From the age of heritage down to the non-retroactivity of treaties which essentially resets the clock on a number of heritage disputes and injustices, the temporal application of international heritage law plays a significant role in shaping what is permissible heritage, and how the law addresses heritage. The chapter uses genocide’s relationship to cultural heritage as a means to examine how heritage plays roles before, during, and after major events, in ways that the law does not always capture constructively. Lastly, it queries the potential of international human rights law to address international heritage law’s shortcomings in this area.

Part IV Procedural and Institutional Aspects, Ch.32 The Participation of Non-State Actors in the Implementation of Cultural Heritage Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hausler Kristin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Top Down ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
International Human ◽  
State Actors

This chapter assesses the treaty provisions allowing non-State actors to exercise their right to access and enjoy cultural heritage and also those which provide them with a seat at the cultural heritage governance table. Following developments in international human rights law, in particular with regard to Indigenous peoples, cultural heritage treaties have eventually recognised the participation of communities and groups in the management of cultural heritage. While a fully effective and inclusive participation and cooperation is far from being achieved, this chapter acknowledges the steps moving away from a strictly top-down approach within cultural heritage governance.

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