Cultural human rights / edited by Francesco Francioni, Martin Scheinin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Francioni, Francesco.

Scheinin, Martin.

Series:

International studies in human rights ; 95.

International studies in human rights ; 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation.

Cultural property.

Human rights.

Cultural policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the relationship between culture and human rights? Can the idea of cultural rights, which are predicated on the distinctiveness and exclusivity of a community’s beliefs and traditions, be compatible with the concept of human rights, which are universal and ‘inherent’ to all human beings? If we accept such compatibility, what is the actual content of cultural rights? Who are their beneficiaries: individuals, or peoples or groups as collective entities? And what precise obligations do cultural rights pose upon states or other actors in international law, or for the international community as a whole? International instruments on the protection of human rights do not provide self-evident answers to these questions. This book seeks to analyse these dilemmas and to assess the impact that they are having on international law and the development of a coherent category of cultural human rights.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin

Preface / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin

Contents / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin

1 Culture, Heritage and Human Rights: an Introduction / Francesco Francioni

2 The Cross-Cultural Legitimacy of Universal Human Rights: Plural Justification across Normative Divides / Tore Lindholm

3 Self-Determination and Cultural Rights / Ana Filipa Vrdoljak

4 Cultural Rights: a Necessary Corrective to the Nation State / William K. Barth

5 Protecting Peoples’ Cultural Rights: a Question of Properly Understanding the Notion of States and Nations? / Matthias Ahrén

6 Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural Rights and the Controversy over Commercial Use of Their Traditional Knowledge / Federico Lenzerini

7 The Right of a People to Enjoy Its Culture: towards a Nordic Saami Rights Convention / Martin Scheinin

8 Cultural Identity and Legal Status: or, the Return of the Right to Have (Particular) Rights / Eniko Horvath

9 Minorities’ Right to Maintain and Develop Their Cultures: Legal Implications of Social Science Research / Timo Makkonen

10 The Role of the State in Balancing Religious Freedom with Other Human Rights in a Multicultural European Context / Stéphanie Lagoutte and Eva Maria Lassen

11 Accessing Culture at the EU Level: an Indirect Contribution to Cultural Rights Protection? / Evangelia Psychogiopoulou

12 Language Rights as Cultural Rights: a European Perspective by Susanna Mancini and Bruno De Witte / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin

13 The Place of Cultural Rights in the WTO System / John Morijn

14 A Right to Cultural Identity in UNESCO / Yvonne Donders

15 Political Change and the ‘Creative Destruction’ of Public Space / Sanford Levinson

Notes on Contributors / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin

Subject Index / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin

Index of Case Law / Francesco Francioni and Martin Scheinin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-39776-1

9786612397769

90-474-3173-1

OCLC:

536028868

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004162945.i-372 DOI