Cultural Heritage and International Law

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction: Cultural Heritage Law and the Quest for Human Identities

   • Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack

   Pages 1-11

3. Linguistic Diversity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Le Commissaire aux droits de l’homme, un acteur de la protection de la diversité linguistique

      • Sophie Simon

      Pages 15-36

   3. Minority Languages in Education in Europe: A Contrasting Exercise of the Cases of the Catalan in Catalonia in Spain and the Sorbian in Germany

      • Caroline Westphal

      Pages 37-57

   4. Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Protection: The Case of Regional and Minority Languages

      • Stefan Oeter

      Pages 59-83

4. Other Cultural Goods and Heritage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Réflexions sur la circulation internationale des collections muséales: De l’immunité à la copropriété ?

      • Amandine Lizot

      Pages 87-108

   3. The Protection of Cultural Goods and the Right to Property Under the ECHR

      • Fabian Michl

      Pages 109-127

   4. Diversité et patrimoine culturels: Réflexions autour de la mise en œuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial

      • Claire Sainte-Beuve

      Pages 129-159

5. Protection in Times of War

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Blue Helmets for Culture: Involving Communities in the Protection of Their Heritage

      • Gabriele D’amico Soggetti

      Pages 163-173

   3. Managing Cultural Sustainability: Safe Haven, Cultural Property, and Sustainability in Best Practice

      • Martin Gerner

      Pages 175-208

   4. Les défis culturels de la Cour pénale internationale

      • Jérémy Hall

      Pages 209-235

6. Cultural Identity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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   2. Leitkultur Meets German Angst: On the Role of Values and Needs in the German Debate on the Integration of Refugees and Migrants

      • Claudia Maria Hofmann

      Pages 239-251

   3. Le droit international public et le respect de l’identité culturelle en matière de statut familial

      • Lukas Rass-Masson

      Pages 253-272

   4. Cultural Identity and Self-Determination as Key Concepts in Concurring Legal Frameworks for the International Protection of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

      • Mariana Monteiro de Matos

      Pages 273-292

This book explores the objects, means and ends of international cultural heritage protection. It starts from a broad conception of cultural heritage that encompasses both tangible property, such as museum objects or buildings, and intangible heritage, such as languages and traditions. Cultural heritage thus defined is protected by various legal regimes, including the law of armed conflicts, UNESCO Conventions and international criminal law. With a view to strengthening international protection, the authors analyze existing regimes and elaborate innovative concepts, such as blue helmets of culture and safe havens for endangered cultural heritage. Finally, the ends of international protection come to the fore, and the authors address possible conflicts between protecting cultural diversity and wishes to strengthen cultural identity.

• Linguistic Diversity
• Cultural Goods
• Cultural Heritage
• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
• Cultural Sustainability
• Safe Haven
• Blue Helmets of Culture

• IREDIES, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France

  Evelyne Lagrange

• Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  Stefan Oeter

• Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

  Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack

Prof. Dr. Evelyne Lagrange, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, IREDIES, Paris, France


Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter, Chair of German and Comparative Public Law and Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, Germany


Prof. Dr. Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack, Chair of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg, Germany

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