The Participatory Scope of the Common Heritage Principle
I have been asked by the symposium editors to write about the participatory scope of the concept of common heritage of humankind for Indigenous peoples, local communities, and future generations. Leaning into the possibilities of the Unbound format, I approach the topic in an athwart way. With a foc...
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| description | I have been asked by the symposium editors to write about the participatory scope of the concept of common heritage of humankind for Indigenous peoples, local communities, and future generations. Leaning into the possibilities of the Unbound format, I approach the topic in an athwart way. With a focus on seabed mining, I begin with describing a recent occasion on which Indigenous leaders joined a meeting of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to discuss the mining regime that is in progress. I tease out the meanings that may be drawn from this instance of participation, including the claims that it made to the ocean as common heritage. Next, I turn to the limits of such participation, given the set parameters of the regime. My overall argument, discussed in the final section, is that the real issue at stake is not the possible conceptual scope of the common heritage principle. Rather, its actualization has been such that the burden is effectively shifted to marginalized voices to seek goals that do not disturb the overarching seabed mining regime. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66bea0661c3142de9ee123e8754591f72024-04-01T03:36:06ZengCambridge University PressAJIL Unbound2398-77232024-01-01118889210.1017/aju.2024.11The Participatory Scope of the Common Heritage PrincipleSurabhi Ranganathan0Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.I have been asked by the symposium editors to write about the participatory scope of the concept of common heritage of humankind for Indigenous peoples, local communities, and future generations. Leaning into the possibilities of the Unbound format, I approach the topic in an athwart way. With a focus on seabed mining, I begin with describing a recent occasion on which Indigenous leaders joined a meeting of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to discuss the mining regime that is in progress. I tease out the meanings that may be drawn from this instance of participation, including the claims that it made to the ocean as common heritage. Next, I turn to the limits of such participation, given the set parameters of the regime. My overall argument, discussed in the final section, is that the real issue at stake is not the possible conceptual scope of the common heritage principle. Rather, its actualization has been such that the burden is effectively shifted to marginalized voices to seek goals that do not disturb the overarching seabed mining regime.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2398772324000114/type/journal_article |
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