1. Intersecting concepts and practices; 2. Human rights and the UNESCO memory of the world programme; 3. Custodians of the land: indigenous peoples, human rights and cultural integrity; 4. Linguistic heritage and language rights in Europe: theoretical considerations and practical implications; 5. Unravelling the cradle of civilization 'layer by layer': Iraq, its peoples and cultural heritage; 6. The political appropriation of Burma's cultural heritage and its implications for human rights; 7. 'Elasticity' of heritage, from conservation to human rights: a saga of development and resistance in Penang, Malaysia; 8. Rendered invisible: urban planning, cultural heritage and human rights; 9. 'Indigenous peoples are not multicultural minorities': cultural diversity, heritage and indigenous human rights in Australia; 10. A sung heritage: an ecological approach to rights and authority in intangible cultural heritage in Northern Australia; 11. 'Cuca shops' and Christians: heritage, morality and citizenship in Northern Namibia; 12. Protecting the Tay Nguyen gongs: conflicting rights in Vietnam's central plateau; 13. The rights movement and cultural revitalization: the case of the Ainu in Japan; 14. Cultural heritage and human rights in divided Cyprus; 15. Leaving the buildings behind: conflict, sovereignty and the values of heritage in Kashmir.

pt. I. Setting agendas
1. Intersecting concepts and practices / William Logan, Michele Langfield and Mairead Nic Craith
2. Human rights and the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme / Hilary Charlesworth
3. Custodians of the land : Indigenous peoples, human rights and cultural integrity / Jeremie Gilbert
4. Linguistic heritage and language rights in Europe : theoretical considerations and practical implications / Mairead Nic Craith
pt. II. National versus local rights
5. Unravelling the cradle of civilization 'layer by layer' : Iraq, its peoples and cultural heritage / Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
6. The political appropriation of Burma's cultural heritage and its implications for human rights / Janette Philp
7. 'Elasticity' of heritage, from conservation to human rights : a saga of development and resistance in Penang, Malaysia / Judith Nagata
8. Rendered invisible : urban planning, cultural heritage and human rights / Graeme Bristol
9. 'Indigenous peoples are not multicultural minorities' : cultural diversity, heritage and indigenous human rights in Australia / Michele Langfield
10. A sung heritage : an ecological approach to rights and authority in intangible cultural heritage in Northern Australia / Fiona Magowan
11. 'Cuca shops' and Christians : heritage, morality and citizenship in Northern Namibia / Ian Fairweather
pt. III. Rights in conflict
12. Protecting the Tay Nguyen gongs : conflicting rights in Vietnam's central plateau / William Logan
13. The rights movement and cultural revitalization : the case of the Ainu in Japan / Yuuki Hasegawa
14. Cultural heritage and human rights in divided Cyprus / Susan Balderstone
15. Leaving the buildings behind : conflict, sovereignty and the values of heritage in Kashmir / Tim Winter and Shalini Panjabi.