A group of over 50 scholars and practitioners in the field of cultural heritage law from all continents came together under the umbrella of the International Law Association (ILA) and, between 2017 and 2022, dedicated themselves to the topic of participation in global cultural heritage governance. The Committee’s focus on participation served to address broader issues of heritage governance, seen through the lenses of the conceptualization and implementation of participation. We urge you to consider this report’s recommendations in relation to your own work, and remain at your disposal for further discussion and to organize any events with your organization that you might desire to publicise and discuss our findings. In its work, the Committee surveyed over 40 international and regional organizations around the world, as well as over 30 domestic jurisdictions on all continents, to query current practices in the field of participation, its possibilities and pitfalls. The phenomenon of trying to map and understand participation in governance is not restricted to heritage, nor is heritage restricted to UNESCO. Therefore, the Committee has looked more broadly at how a range of regional and universal bodies, in and beyond heritage, engage with affected participants.
Jakubowski, Andrzej and Lixinski, Lucas and Adlercreutz, Thomas and Loureiro Bastos, Fernando and Bangert, Kaare and Majeed, Nudrat and Blake, Janet and Ghaffar, Arshad and Tamer Chammas, Aida and Nafziger, James A.R. and Bories, Clementine and Nalule, Victoria and They, Marine and Paterson, Robert Kirkwood and Calboli, Irene and Peters, Robert and Cespedes, Rodrigo Carlos and Dinopoulos, Alexander Carl and Chainoglou, Kalliopi and Polymenopoulou, Eleni and Chamberlain, Kevin and Prado Alegre, Elvira and Conlan, Patricia and Barreiro Carril, Beatriz and Strecker, Amy and Cornu, Marie and Reisinger Coracini, Astrid and Davies, Piers and Renold, Marc-André and de Clippele, Marie Sophie and Chechi, Alessandro and Donders, Yvonne and Renteln, Alison Dundes and Campfens, Evelien and Saliba, Aziz Tuffi and Forrest, Craig J. S. and Fabris, Alice Lopes and Augustinos, Nicholas and Sanchez Cordero Davila, Jorge and Franca‐Filho, Marcilio Toscano and Schreiber, Hanna and Frigo, Manlio and Ubertazzi, Benedetta Carla Angela and Green Martínez, Sebastián and van Wyk, Louis and Hausler, Kristin and von Schorlemer, Sabine and Kono, Toshiyuki and Sato, Yoshiaki and Vrdoljak, Ana Filipa and Lee, Gyooho and Huang, Jie (Jeanne) and Lostal, Marina, International Law Association Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance - Final Report (2022) (September 16, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4220401 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4220401