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Controls On The Export Of Cultural Objects And Human Rights, Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, Kevin Chamberlain Kmg
Controls On The Export Of Cultural Objects And Human Rights, Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, Kevin Chamberlain Kmg
Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
Specialist instruments for the protection of cultural heritage have made oblique and overt reference to respecting established human rights norms since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Explicit references to human rights and fundamental freedoms have become pronounced in instruments finalised in the last two decades.
This chapter considers the relevance of human rights for the control on export of cultural objects. It is divided in two parts. The first part details how human rights norms have been referenced in multilateral instruments for the protection of cultural heritage. The second part examines the relationship between controls on …