:This article explores the limits and possibilities of international human rights law in protecting cultural heritage from state-led destruction. It does so by focusing on two attempts by activists and non-governmental organizations to have the United Nations and the Council of Europe intervene to save the ancient city of Hasankeyf in Turkey’s southeast region, which will soon be flooded by the reservoir waters of the Ilısu Dam. Adopting a heritage rights focus, these grassroots initiatives have argued that Hasankeyf’s destruction would constitute a violation of human rights because it would deprive people of their right to participate in, and benefit from, cultural heritage. I suggest that, as powerful attempts to link cultural heritage and human rights, these cases demonstrate the need for more effective and legally binding international frameworks to protect heritage rights as an aspect of human rights.

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拯救哈桑凯夫：国际人权法的局限和可能性

：本文探讨了国际人权法在保护文化遗产免遭国家主导的破坏方面的局限性和可能性。它通过关注活动家和非政府组织两次试图让联合国和欧洲委员会进行干预以拯救土耳其东南部地区的古城哈桑凯夫，该城市很快就会被伊利苏河的水库淹没。坝。这些草根倡议以遗产权为重点，认为哈桑基夫的破坏将构成对人权的侵犯，因为它会剥夺人们参与文化遗产并从中受益的权利。我建议，作为将文化遗产与人权联系起来的有力尝试，