Neuerscheinung: Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities

Sabine von Schorlemer, Fighting Terrorist Attacks against World Heritage and Global Cultural Heritage Governance in: Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities, James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss (Hrsg.), Getty Publications Los Angeles 2022, S. 448-464

Global cultural heritage governance may support international efforts to fight
terrorist attacks against cultural heritage, thereby improving cultural heritage
protection and developing its legal regime.

In the last two decades, cultural heritage has increasingly become a target for terrorist
attacks. Considering the wanton and deliberate devastation of monuments and archaeological sites and a new range of terrorist attacks, this chapter examines global cultural heritage governance as a means for combating such attacks. With conviction growing that improved global governance can play an essential role in sustaining peace and security, the participation of local communities, populations, and stakeholders can be a crucial element in strengthening the universal defense of cultural heritage. The chapter demonstrates that efforts by the international community are indeed shifting from a rather state-centered approach toward a more “people-centered” approach.
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