02034nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001653002600042653003500068653003900103653004000142653002100182100002100203700001800224245007800242856011500320300000900435520140800444                                       d10aConflicts (ICH\_1118)10aIndigenous peoples (THE\_1844)10aIntellectual property (THE\_12504)10aInternational tensions (THE\_65377)10aWIPO (ICH\_1424)1 aChristoph Antons1 aLogan William00aIntellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage  uhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/international-heritage-law-for-communities-9780198843306?cc=au&lang=en  a8-103 aThis book critically engages the shortcomings of the field of international heritage law, seen through the lenses of the five major UNESCO treaties for the safeguarding of different types of heritage. It argues that these five treaties have effectively prevented local communities, who bear the brunt of the costs associated with international heritage protection, from having a say in how their heritage is managed. The exclusion of local communities often alienates them not only from international decision-making processes but also from their cultural heritage itself, ultimately meaning that systems put in place for the protection of cultural heritage contribute to its disappearance in the long term. International Heritage Law for Communities adds to existing literature by looking at these UNESCO treaties not as isolated regimes, but rather as belonging to a discursive continuum on cultural heritage. In doing so, the book focuses on themes that cut across the relevant UNESCO regimes like the use of expert rule in international heritage law, economics, the relationship between heritage and the environment, among others, rather than the regimes themselves. It uses this mechanism to highlight the blind spots and unintended consequences of UNESCO treaties and how choices made in their drafting have continuing and potentially negative impacts on how we think about and safeguard heritage.