Intellectual property rights in indigenous cultural heritage : basic concepts and continuing controversies
Antons, Christoph 2012, Intellectual property rights in indigenous cultural heritage : basic concepts and continuing controversies, in International trade in indigenous and cultural heritage, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England, pp.144-174.
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Intellectual property rights in indigenous cultural heritage : basic concepts and continuing controversies
The developments at international level in the debate on what intellectual property (IP) lawyers refer to as traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) have to be seen in the context of the decolonisation movements after the Second World War. Post-war developments saw the formation of the United Nations (UN) and the emphasis on human rights in the UN Charter. With this emphasis came development programmes for indigenous peoples and the recognition of indigenous rights in the ILO Convention No. 107 of the 1957 Concerning the Protection and Intergration of Indigenous and Other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in the Independant Countries. The decolonisation movements also initiated or renewed a parallel debate about the repatriation of items of cultural heritage. There was a remarkable shift in this discussion from 'cultural heritage of mankind' to cultural particularism and an emphasis on 'cultural property' ....
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9780857938305
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eng
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180115 Intellectual Property Law 180116 International Law (excl International Trade Law) 180117 International Trade Law
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970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies