ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a brief description of the 'relationship' between the World Heritage convention regime and the international human rights regime, primarily the UN charter and treaties, with due regard to specialised and regional regimes. It focuses on the preliminary discussions amongst the researchers of the Swiss network of international studies project on 'understanding rights practices in the World Heritage system: lessons from the Asia Pacific', an outlook and proposal for future action. The chapter looks at human rights–relevant parameters defined or developed in World Heritage law or practice, human rights law itself will be scrutinised to assess which rights and entitlements are, or should be, governing or instructing World Heritage practice. The clusters explored in the present context are: fair hearing, consultation, participation, and consent; resources and property; the right to development, livelihood, and cultural/group identity; indigenous and tribal peoples, ethnic minority, and cultural rights.
