Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights, Cultural Diversity: New Developments in International Law

Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights, Cultural Diversity: New Developments in International Law explores the recent evolution of cultural heritage law which has resulted in the emergence of a new international conscience, rooted in the awareness that cultural heritage represents a holistic notion strongly connected with the identity of peoples as well with individual and collective human rights.

Leading international scholars examine the new challenges determined by that evolution, reaching beyond only tangible artistic and monumental expression and paying particular attention to the linkages between cultural heritage, cultural diversity and human rights. As such, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights, Cultural Diversity: New Developments in International Law offers a comprehensive and original overview of how the international approach to culture has evolved from a sovereignty-based idea of cultural property to a perception which emphasises the human dimension of cultural heritage.

Silvia Borelli, Ph.D. (2004), State University of Milan, is Principal Lecturer in International Law and Director of Research at the School of Law, University of Bedfordshire.

Federico Lenzerini is Professor of International Law and EU Law, University of Siena (Italy). He is Consultant to UNESCO, the Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and a member of the ILA ‘Committee on Cultural Heritage Law’.