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This timely book builds bridges between the notions of art and aesthetics, human rights, universality, and dignity. It explores a world in which art and justice enter a discussion to answer questions such as: can art translate the human experience? How does humanity link individuality and community building? How do human beings define and look for their identity? The fields of human rights and art are brought together in order to open the discussion and contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights. This interdisciplinary book brings together experts in the fields of art, cultural heritage, social justice, human rights, international law, and transitional justice, and presents the idea that a complex interplay between morality, politics, law, and aesthetics remains present in concrete settings such as the rights of cultural creators, the right to artistic expression, art as a catalyst of change in times of conflict, and post-conflict restitutions. The book offers vignettes of current debates in art and human rights, tackling issues at the confluence of these fields by providing a general framework upon which the conversation can be built, and by bringing to the discussion a diverse range of contemporary themes and concrete case analyses. This book will be an ideal read for academics interested in international law, transitional justice and human rights. Historians, lawyers, artists, and activists looking to explore the relationship between art and human rights in times of war, peace, and transition through their assessment of contemporary issues will also benefit from this comprehensive book.

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Author:   Fiana Gantheret ,  Nolwenn Guibert ,  Sofia Stolk
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781802208146

ISBN 10:   1802208143
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   26 May 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword Karima Bennoune x Introduction 1 Fiana Gantheret PART I PEACE: THE RIGHT TO ART SECTION 1.1 RIGHT TO CULTURE: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 1 Legal framework: Is there a right to art? 19 Nolwenn Guibert 2 The human rights of artists: What did the pandemic teach us? 38 Elsa Stamatopoulou SECTION 1.2 RIGHT TO ARTISTIC EXPRESSION 3 Dancing in dialogue: The notion of dance in politically fragile contexts 60 Rose Martin and Shyrine Ziadeh 4 Progressive autonomy of artistic freedom in international law: The contribution of the UN in promoting new economic, social, and cultural rights-based approaches 76 Laurence Cuny SECTION 1.3 ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 5 Freedom and the archive 99 Germaine Ingram and Toni Shapiro-Phim PART II CONFLICT(S) SECTION 2.1 REPRESENTATION OF CONFLICT THROUGH ART 6 Seeing and unseeing war in Afghanistan: War, trauma and contestation of the human rights frame 121 Henry Redwood and Hannah Partis-Jennings 7 The forensification of propaganda in epic poetry and Serb leadership cases at the ICTY 141 Predrag Dojčinović SECTION 2.2 ART AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN CONFLICT 8 War on war! Artful weapons in times of war and conflict 165 Bernadette Buckley 9 Cultural diplomacy: The theory and the practice of a bridging concept 188 Roula El Derbas SECTION 2.3 ART: A TARGET OF CONFLICT 10 Preserving and protecting cultural property, art, and antiquities during conflict: Recent experiences in Syria, Iraq, and Libya 209 Michael Danti PART III POST-CONFLICT APPROACHES SECTION 3.1 ART IN NON-JUDICIARY TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MECHANISMS 11 Art, truth, reconciliation and resistance: Reaching out in Sierra Leone and Canada 230 Rachel Kerr 12 Take me to court: Museum-making and transitional justice in Colombia 247 Sofía N. González-Ayala and Cristina Lleras SECTION 3.2 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ART 13 Artistic strategies by and about the International Criminal Court 266 Sofia Stolk 14 Reparations for cultural heritage destruction at the ICC and the limits of human rights 281 Marina Lostal SECTION 3.3 RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY 15 Restitution of WWII cultural property: Philosophical and legal approach 306 Kamil Zeidler and Agnieszka Plata 16 The return of the cultural objects displaced during the colonial era: An overview of solutions, challenges and misgivings from the perspective of international law 327 Alessandro Chechi Conclusion: Universality, dignity, and the five great elements 346 Marina Aksenova Index

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Edited by Fiana Gantheret, Expert and Consultant in International Justice and Human Rights, Founder and Director of Creating Rights, Nolwenn Guibert, Senior Legal Officer at an international organization, Geneva, Switzerland and Sofia Stolk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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