This book details how international law has approached the core idea underlying the concept of cultural genocide and how this framework can be strengthened and fostered. The volume traces developments from the early conceptualisation of cultural genocide to the contemporary question of its reparation.

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Concept of Cultural Genocide: a Historical-Legal Perspective


• 3: The Cultural Dimension of the Crime of Genocide


• 4: International Law and the Protection of Cultures


• 5: Beyond Words: From 'Cultural Genocide' to 'Cultural Persecution'


• 6: State Responsibility for Cultural Crimes


• 7: Reparation for Intended Cultural Harm


• 8: Conclusions

Elisa Novic is a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law in Heidelberg, Germany. She holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute (Florence) and Master's degrees in Law and International Relations from the Université Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne.