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CULTURAL PROPERTY ASPECTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CASE OF THE (STILL) INADEQUATE SAFEGUARDING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' (TANGIBLE) CULTURAL HERITAGE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2011
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Indigenous peoples have historically experienced countless losses of cultural relics and material and spiritual treasures as well as the destruction of their sacred cultural sites, a situation that continues to prevail. This desecration of ancestral sites and the pillaging of sacred objects results in the cultural debasement of indigenous peoples, causing a serious threat to their continuing collective existence as distinct societies. Unfortunately, the present international law regime for the protection, repatriation and return of stolen and illegally exported cultural property presents serious deficiencies as regards its ability to reverse this state of affairs and effectively safeguard indigenous peoples' heritage.
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