INTRODUCTION: I. LEGAL HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT; A. The drafting history of Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; B. Culture, cultural relativism, identity politics; C. The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance; D. Dialogue Among Civilizations; II. THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL LIFE IN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND PRACTICE; A. International instruments; B.

Role of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies with respect to the right to participate in cultural life; C. Role of United Nations bodies other than the human rights treaty bodies; D. Role of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; E. Role of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); F. Cultural rights and United Nations operations; III. WHAT ARE CULTURAL RIGHTS? NORMATIVE CONTENT OF THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL LIFE; A. The context and concept of culture; B. The fundamental nature of cultural rights: not every rite is a right; C.

The elements of the right to participate in cultural life; D. State obligations and violations; E. Monitoring cultural rights: indicators and benchmarks; F. Justiciable aspects of cultural rights; IV SPECIAL GROUPS; A. Indigenous Peoples and Minorities: what are their cultural rights?; B. Other Groups; CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; APPENDICES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.