World Heritage and Human Rights Lessons from the Asia-Pacific and global arena

The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda. This interdisciplinary book combines a state of the art review of World Heritage policy and practice at the global level with ethnographic case studies from the Asia-Pacific region by leading scholars in the field. By joining legal reviews, anthropology and practitioner experience through in-depth case studies, it shows the diversity of human rights issues in both natural and cultural heritage sites. From site-designation to their conservation and management, the book explores the various rights issues and analyses the diverse social, cultural and legal challenges and responses at both regional and global level. Detailed case studies are included from Australia, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines and Vietnam. The book will appeal to both natural and cultural heritage professionals and human rights and heritage scholars, and will serve as a useful compendium for courses use allowing students to compare, contrast and contextualize different contexts.

Introduction: World Heritage and Human Rights in the Asia Pacific and Global Arena Peter Bille Larsen Part I: Case Studies 2. The World Heritage Committee and Human Rights: Learning from Event Ethnography Peter Bille Larsen and Kristal Buckley 3. World Heritage and Human Rights in Australia: from K’gari/Fraser Island to National Processes Ian Lilley, Kristal Buckley and Helena Kajlich 4. Sambor Prei Kuk: Demarcating the Relationship between Religion and Cultural Heritage as Human Rights in Cambodia Jonathan Liljeblad 5. Empowerment and Human Rights: Comparing Two Cultural Heritage Cases in Xi’an, China Harald Høyem 6. World Heritage and Rights in Malaysia: A Case Study of Kinabalu Park World Heritage Site, Sabah Amran Hamzah 7. Cultural and Participation Rights in Bagan, Myanmar Anne Laura Kraak 8. Local Rights in World Heritage Sites: Learning from Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation Dynamics in the Kathmandu Valley Sudarshan Raj Tiwari, Pranita Shrestha and Hans Christie Bjønness 9. Vigan: World Heritage as a ‘Tool for Development’? Sara Dürr, Malot Ingel and Bettina Beer 10. World Heritage and Ethnic Minority Rights in Phong Nha Ke Bang, Vietnam: Cosmopolitan Assemblages in Neoliberal Times Peter Bille Larsen Part II: Legal Reviews 11. The Inter-relationship of the World Heritage Convention and International Human Rights Law: A Preliminary Assessment and Outlook Alexander H. E. Morawa and Gabriel Zalazar 12. Legal Frameworks for World Heritage and Human Rights in Australia Ben Boer and Stefan Gruber 13. The World Heritage Convention and Human Rights in Nepal: A Review of Legal Norms and Practices Bipin Adhikari 14. World Heritage and Human Rights Policy and Legislation in the Philippines Lucille Karen E. Malilong and Mary Grace Ellen S. Villanueva 15. World Heritage and Human Rights Policy in Vietnam: A Legal Review Nguyen Linh Giang Part III: Conclusions 16. (Re)structuring Rights and World Heritage Dynamics and Looking Towards the Future Peter Bille Larsen Annex 17. Caux Call for Action on Rights-Based Approaches in World Heritage

Peter Bille Larsen lectures in Anthropology, International Governance, Heritage Studies and Development Studies at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. He has a strong interest in the intersection between conservation and social equity, including work in the fields of indigenous rights, World Heritage policy, human rights, as well as the anthropology of international politics.