Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development and Human Rights: Towards an Integrated Approach

The importance of cultural heritage - in both its tangible and intangible forms - to sustainable development and its economic, social and environmental components is increasingly evident in the recent practice of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations at the universal and regional levels. This book offers a thorough academic investigation of the importance of cultural heritage to sustainable development and cultural rights from an international law perspective. In particular, it provides an in-depth review of the possible intersections between cultural heritage, sustainable development and cultural rights, and of the limits of the current legal and institutional framework.