CULTURALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW C

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Federico Lenzerini is Professor of international law and European Union law for the Faculty of Law of the University of Siena. He is a consultant of UNESCO for the Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for international negotiations relative to the protection of cultural property. He is a member of the "Italian International Law Society " and the "Biotechnology Committee " of the International Law Association. His relevant areas of research are human rights protection, the right to asylum (under the double profile of general international law and of community law), rights of indigenous populations (according to comparative and international law), International Business and Trade Law, the international protection of cultural heritage, and cultural diversity.

- 1: The debate on 'universalism' and 'cultural relativism' in international human rights law
- 2: The evolution of international human rights law in the first part of the 21st Century: new challenges and problems
- 3: Reconceptualising international human rights law through a culturally-based approach
- 4: The contemporary dimensions of 'universalism' and 'legal pluralism' in light of the 'culturalisation' of human rights law
- 5: Fostering tolerance, mutual understanding among peoples, and peace through a cultural-based approach to international human rights law
- Conclusion