The idea of multi-culturalism has had a significant impact across many areas of law. This book explores how it has shaped the recent development of international human rights law. Custodians of human
Published in concomitance with the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this volume brings together a group of renowned legal experts and activists from diff
The topics addressed in this volume's 19 contributions--the result of an Italian government-sponsored research project--reflect a new and evolving consciousness of the connections between human rights
The volume brings together a group of renowned legal experts and activists from different parts of the world who, from international and comparative perspectives, consider the right of indigenous peo
The World Heritage Convention (WHC) is the most comprehensive and widely ratified among UNESCO treaties on the protection of cultural and natural heritage. The Convention establishes a system of ident
International law has long been dominated by the state. But, it has become apparent that this bias is unrealistic and untenable in the contemporary world where the rise of the notion of common goods c
