UNESCO, Cultural Heritage and Conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq - Joanne Dingwall McCafferty

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Joanne Dingwall McCafferty (Autor)

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2023 | 1st ed. 2023
XV, 269 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-19675-1 (ISBN)

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This book aims to determine UNESCO's capability to facilitate heritage protection measures pre-conflict, emergency response measures during conflict and reconstruction efforts post-conflict. The book employs document analysis to ascertain UNESCO's legal obligations when it comes to facilitating cultural heritage protection in its Member States' territories in the condition of armed conflict, while drawing comparisons with the reality of the organisation's presence and involvement in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. This study maps shifts in UNESCO's level of communication with each country's respective government and civil authorities; allocation of financial, human and material resources; and implementation of heritage safeguarding and reconstruction initiatives.

Both quantitative and qualitative data shows UNESCO to exhibit great inequity in engagement, at times, closing communications entirely with Syria, due to the political standpoints of other UNESCO Member States. This political gridlock is often shown to result in the organisation overstating its ability to safeguard or restore heritage, with promises not being followed up with action.

Since 2015, UNESCO has expressed a stronger intent to be a key player in heritage protection during armed conflict, however as long as cultural heritage protection is not considered a humanitarian concern, UNESCO will not be able to circumvent much of the political and bureaucratic barriers facing intergovernmental organisations during conflict, which prevent emergency action from being implemented. In order to ensure heritage safeguarding is permitted during periods of significant unrest, regardless of political discord, it is crucial that UNESCO promote a people-centred approach to its cultural heritage protection initiatives. This book evidences that focusing on livelihoods and meaningful and practical connections between populations and their local heritage to be UNESCO's optimal methodological approach for justifying cultural heritage protection as a humanitarian necessity.

The book's readership includes academics, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of political science, law and heritage studies.

Joanne Dingwall McCafferty is an Affiliate with the University of Copenhagen, where between February 2019 and January 2022, she was a PhD Fellow researching the role of UNESCO in the protection of cultural heritage during armed conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq, and also held the position of Research Assistant. Joanne has worked with the Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative in Washington DC, designed and delivered various courses and workshops on Heritage Protection in Urban Conflicts and has assumed the role of academic advisor at meetings with NATO HQ, the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO, and various UNESCO Delegations.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.2.2023
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market
Zusatzinfo	XV, 269 p. 1 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	conflict • cultural heritage • Cultural property • Heritage Protection • ihl • International Humanitarian Law • Iraq • Middle East • reconstruction • Syria • UNESCO • Yemen
ISBN-10	3-031-19675-9 / 3031196759
ISBN-13	978-3-031-19675-1 / 9783031196751

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