The Right of Access to and Enjoyment of Cultural Heritage

A Link Between the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Exercise of the Right to Participate in Cultural Life

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Abstract

The present paper argues that the right of access to and enjoyment of CH is an emerging right under international law and can play a pivotal role in linking the protection of human rights, in particular the one to take part in cultural life, to the safeguard of CH. It will analyze the provisions of the international legal instruments which make reference to the concepts of access to and enjoyment of CH, the practice of the international monitoring bodies and human right courts which have played an important role in the definition of the right of access to and enjoyment of CH, and it will briefly examine the practice of some States.


open access | peer reviewed

Presentato: 20 Dicembre 2016 | Accettato: 21 Marzo 2017 | Pubblicato 31 Dicembre 2017 | Lingua: en

Keywords Cultural heritage • Access • Right to participate in cultural life

Copyright © 2017 Michele D’Addetta. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-052-5/SE-4-30


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