Indigenous Peoples’ participation in decision-making in the context of World Heritage Sites
How International Human Rights Law can help
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21194544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatriz Barreiro Carril (0000-0002-3363-059X, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 224-236 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historic Environment Policy & Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1756-7505 • E-ISSN: 1756-7513 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17567505.2016.1172794 |
| OpenAlex | W2346652708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article addresses the challenges of Indigenous Peoples’ participation in conservation nomination processes and in the management of the sites they inhabit. It analyses the developments – conceptual and legal – produced both in UNESCO and in the United Nations Human Rights system for the inclusion of Indigenous People’s interpretations and visions and the respect of their rights in the context of World Heritage Sites. The author argues that the inter-governmental composition of the World Heritage Committee can make the introduction of an Indigenous Peoples’ rights-based approach in the World Heritage Convention decision-making processes extremely difficult; especially because some States have supported an outdated and manifestly wrong interpretation of sovereignty. This is why, in contrast to the traditional approach which focuses on ‘specific’ Indigenous Peoples norms, this paper suggests that a stronger emphasis on the recent developments in the International Human Rights system concerning the ‘general’ human right to take part in cultural life – which include Indigenous Peoples’ rights – would be, strategically speaking, a better way to support the inclusion of a rights based-approach to the World Heritage Convention decision-making processes
Archaeology · Convention · Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities · Cultural heritage · Environmental ethics · Geography · Human rights · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · International human rights law · International law · Nomination · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sovereignty · Vision · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Ecology
International Human Rights Law in Africa
Realisation of the right of indigenous peoples to natural resources under international law through the emerging right to autonomy
International Journal of Intangible Heritage
Heritage interpretation and human rights
Human rights and World Heritage
Unesco and the Fate of the World Heritage Indigenous Peoples Council of Experts (WHIPCOE)
Heritage Regimes and the State
Heritage as Transmission
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |