The Importance Of Heritage Conservation

“Cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible and interdependent. The flourishing of creative diversity requires the full implementation of cultural rights... All persons have therefore the right to express themselves and to create and disseminate their work in the language of their choice, and particularly in their mother tongue; all persons are entitled to quality education and training that fully respect their cultural identity; and all persons have the right to participate in the cultural life of their choice and conduct their own cultural practices, subject to respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

Many Heritage Practitioners consider their conservation work to be a trifle matter, however there is a link

The present article argues that heritage identification, inscription, management and monitoring form a cultural practice set in a broad economic,
With such a reconceptualisation, heritage professionals can better see that official heritage interventions have many motives, are used to achieve political claims, and, at their worst, may undermine rather than strengthen community identity, cultural diversity and human rights.

Although the UN does not play a direct role in cultural heritage conservation, some of its activities have gradually come to have an effect on heritage, especially through the promotion of cultural diversity and human rights.

Looking at tangible heritage and UNESCO's flagship programme, World Heritage, we can talk about human rights both as a theme that can be used to justify listing and as a set of principles underlying the processes and practices employed at the various stages of World Heritage nomination, inscription, management and monitoring.

Heritage results from a selection process; heritage values are attributed, not