This special issue investigates the political nexus of cultural life and the law, creative or artistic activity and permitted actions or statements. Cultural Rights has been a recognised legal concept since before the 1966 UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. However, as the 1966 Covenant demonstrated, separating the cultural from the social and civil is not straightforward, or rather, only apparently straightforward if articulated in terms of anthropological or sociological generalisations, which are not wholly useful. This collection of nine very different papers demonstrate how the ‘culture’ in Cultural Rights must be made specific and analytically useful for a ‘Right’ to be both credible and operational as a legal instrument or set thereof.
The special issue therefore aims to set out the legal terrain of Cultural Rights, interrogate its terms and conditions, and then to put into question how they pertain to specific forms of culture in specific places.
Articles in this Issue
Special Issue Introduction: Cultural Rights and Global Development
Vickery, J. (2018) 'Special Issue Introduction: Cultural Rights and Global Development', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: i -- v.Arts Rights Justice: protecting and promoting artistic freedom -- an interview with Daniel Gad
Vickery, J. (2018) 'Arts Rights Justice: protecting and promoting artistic freedom -- an interview with Daniel Gad', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 1-- 6.And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones..? Is ‘community standard’ applicable to cases of freedom of artistic expression?
Górski, M. (2018) 'And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones..? Is ‘community standard’ applicable to cases of freedom of artistic expression?' Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 7 -- 14.The Recognition of the Right to Cultural Identity under (and beyond) international Human Rights law
Ferri, M. (2018) 'The Recognition of the Right to Cultural Identity under (and beyond) international Human Rights law', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 15 -- 40.Cultural Rights, Local Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: constructing a coherent narrative
Pascual, J. (2018) 'Cultural Rights, Local Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: constructing a coherent narrative', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 41 -- 60.Chinese Cultural and Creative Industries and the struggle for Rights in Chinese Opera
Ma, H. (2018) 'Chinese Cultural and Creative Industries and the struggle for Rights in Chinese Opera', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 61 -- 72.Promoting the Cultural Rights of Refugees in the Context of the Syrian Crisis: the case of the Ideas Box
Gürsoy, D. (2018) 'Promoting the Cultural Rights of Refugees in the Context of the Syrian Crisis: the case of the Ideas Box', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 73 -- 83.China's Political Economy of Public Communication: complexifying a rights approach to information
Chen, Ni. (2018) 'China's Political Economy of Public Communication: complexifying a rights approach to information', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 84 -- 104.NGOs & Cultural Rights: reflections on the Serbian legal framework
Jakovljević, M. (2018) 'NGOs & Cultural Rights: reflections on the Serbian legal framework', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 105 -- 115.Cultural Rights, Sustainability and Development: are they related? If so, how?
Clammer, J. (2018) 'Cultural Rights, Sustainability and Development: are they related? If so, how?’, Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Cultural Rights and Global Development’, ed. Jonathan Vickery), Issue 22: 2018: 116 -- 127.Cultural Rights and Cultural Policy: identifying the cultural policy implications of culture as a human right
Vickery, J. (2018) ‘Cultural Rights and Cultural Policy: identifying the cultural policy implications of culture as a human right’, Journal of Law, Social Justice & Global Development 22 (Special Issue Cultural Rights and Global Development, ed. Vickery, J.): 128-151.