Comparative Law Researches

Comparative Law Researches

The Cultural Rights in International Human Rights Law; Reduced Speed in a Demanding Context

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The cultural rights encompass a wide scope of human rights. Many elements of human rights are categorized within cultural rights and others are somehow associated or indirectly dependent to them. In fact, many instances of cultural rights are assumed as the basis and foundation for the enjoyment of other human rights. Despite the importance of cultural rights, international human rights system (although passing a challenging process toward culmination) has not only responded to expectations but also created various concerns. The portion of cultural rights and formation of thoughts in this regard is not satisfactory within the international human rights studies, and many issues are disregarded.This paper, reviewing the main international instruments and scientific human rights researches, makes an effort to identify the process of recognition of cultural rights in the international human rights system to declare the significant issues of cultural rights in international human rights to distinguish the cultural rights elements and, based on the aforementioned studies, to clarify the achievements and challenges of implementation of cultural rights. The paper will be concluded with some theoretical and practical suggestions and recommendations for future studies.
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