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Cultural Property and Identity Issues in International Law: The Inadequate Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples

Cultural Property and Identity Issues in International Law: The Inadequate Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples

Athanasios Yupsanis
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466649798|ISBN10: 1466649798|EISBN13: 9781466649804
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4979-8.ch055
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Yupsanis, Athanasios. "Cultural Property and Identity Issues in International Law: The Inadequate Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples." Cross-Cultural Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 976-997. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4979-8.ch055

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Yupsanis, A. (2014). Cultural Property and Identity Issues in International Law: The Inadequate Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Cross-Cultural Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 976-997). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4979-8.ch055

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Yupsanis, Athanasios. "Cultural Property and Identity Issues in International Law: The Inadequate Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples." In Cross-Cultural Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 976-997. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4979-8.ch055

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Abstract

Indigenous peoples have historically experienced countless losses of cultural relics and material and spiritual treasures as well as destruction of their sacred cultural sites, a situation that continues to prevail. This desecration of ancestral sites and pillaging of sacred objects results in the cultural debasement of indigenous peoples, causing a serious threat to their continuing collective existence as distinct societies. Unfortunately, the present international law regime for the protection, repatriation, and return of stolen and illegally exported cultural property presents serious deficiencies as regards its ability to reverse this state of affairs and effectively safeguard indigenous peoples’ heritage.

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