Almost fifty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention
Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage Convention). With its 194
States Parties, it is the most widely ratified convention within
the family of UNESCO treaties on the protection of cultural
heritage. The success of this Convention and its almost universal
acceptance by the international community of states is due to the
great appeal that recognising certain properties as “world
heritage” has for national governments. Since the publication of
the first Commentary, new problems have arisen in the management of
world heritage sites. It has become increasingly difficult to
properly monitor the conservation of the ever-growing mass of sites
inscribed in the World Heritage List, and to resolve disputes over
the formal designation of contested world heritage properties - a
problem that has led to the withdrawal of the United States and
Israel from UNESCO. New frontiers are now being explored for the
expansion of the world heritage idea over marine areas beyond
national jurisdiction, and the monopoly of the State in the
identification, delineation, and presentation of world heritage
properties is being increasingly challenged in the name of
indigenous peoples' rights and by local communities claiming
ownership over contested cultural sites. At the same time, the
regime of world heritage protection has infiltrated other areas of
international law, especially international economic law,
investment arbitration, and the area of international criminal law.
This second edition critically examines the World Heritage
Convention against this dynamic evolution of international heritage
law to help academics, lawyers, diplomats, and officials interpret
and apply the norms of the Convention after half a century of
uninterrupted implementing practice by State Parties and Treaty
Bodies.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Oxford Commentaries on International Cultural Heritage Law |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Volume editors: |
Francesco Francioni
(Professor Emeritus of International Law)
• Federico Lenzerini
(Professor of International Law and Human Rights Law)
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Dimensions: |
246 x 171mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
424 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-887744-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-19-887744-7 |
Barcode: |
9780198877448 |
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