Introduction Andrea Durbach and Lucas LixinskiPart 1: Human Rights and Heritage: A Possible Alliance?1. Opening the Toolbox of International Human Rights Law in the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage Francesco Francioni and Lucas Lixinski2. Culture, Rights and the Post-2015 Development Agenda Ben Boer3. Cultural Heritage, Human Rights and the Privatisation of War Ana Filipa Vrdoljak4. The Urban Village and the Megaproject: Linking Vernacular Urban Heritage and Human Rights-based Development in the Emerging Megacities of Southeast Asia Scott HawkenPart 2: Heritage in Tension with Rights 5. Between Rights in the City and the Right to the City: Heritage,Character and Public Participation in Urban Planning Amelia Thorpe6. The Tension between Rights and Cultural Heritage Protection in China Stefan Gruber7. Heritage and Human Rights: Reframing the Conservation Ethic Josephine Gillespie8. The Poverty of World Heritage Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Legacy of Colonialismand Disregard of Human Rights Folarin ShyllonPart 3: Heritage as a Tool for Broader Political Transformation 9. Cultural Heritage as Transformation: A Study of Four Sites from Post-Apartheid South Africa Andrea Durbach10. Heritage Listing as Self-determinationLucas Lixinski11. World Heritage, Cultural Confl icts and Political Reconciliation Andrzej Jakubowski

It is explicitly a volume about “challenging legal discourses” and, as such, presents a timely contribution that sheds light on this particular angle of the link between heritage, culture, and rights. Overall, it is an interesting and accessible volume for anyone with an interest in heritage and rights, and a legal background is not strictly necessary.