Cultural Heritage through the Lens of Human Rights Bodies

This book asks, if and how international human rights law can offer a legal basis for the protection of cultural heritage. Against the backdrop of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ General Comment No. 21 in 2009 and the 2011 thematic report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights on access and enjoyment of cultural heritage, this book examines one possible an...