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Manage No DI00000183 Country Republic of Korea Author Janet Blake Associate Professor of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Published Year 2015 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | The gender diversity expressed in intangible cultural heritage (ICH) should be seen as a part of the cultural diversity now celebrated as a human rights value and should therefore be protected as such. However, this is not a simple matter since, as we know, some traditional cultural practices are incompatible with the fundamental human rights principles of equality and non-discrimination. Indeed, the question of how the requirements of gender equality can be met within the framework of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage raises some important and extremely complex issues. At the core of these rests an apparent contradiction between the human rights concept of gender equality and the multiple ways in which gender is expressed in ICH and understood by bearer communities. Since, as stated in its preamble, the 2003 Convention is explicitly placed within the broader context of human rights, this is not simply a theoretical question; any heritage recognized and safeguarded under that treaty should be compatible with human rights requirements, of which equality on the basis of sex (among other bases) is a central one. This presents important challenges to governments, the international community, and other actors interested in identifying ICH for the purposes of safeguarding; although more leeway may be possible for national safeguarding of ICH, a relatively strict test of gender equality and non-discrimination needs to be applied for the international aspects of the Convention (international inscriptions and assistance, in particular). | ||
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