Limits of authorities of international human rights bodies for the protection of the intangible cultural heritage

Under no special provisions on the protection of the intangible cultural heritage in international human rights treaties, the question arises of the possibility of protecting such key elements of cultural heritage as cultural human rights, the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities and other categories of human rights and freedoms. International human rights bodies have accumulated vast experience in protecting cultural heritage by protecting human rights and freedoms that form the basis of this heritage. The comparative law method of research makes it possible to study in detail specific features of the activities of the human rights treaty bodies of the United Nations system and regional judicial bodies for ensuring cultural human rights, the right to assembly and association, inviolability of home, freedom of opinion, religion and expression. Regional and universal judicial and quasi-judicial human rights bodies generally do not have sufficient authority to effectively safeguard the intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, there is an extensive case law on the protection of human rights to the inviolability of private and family life, to equality and non-discrimination and others.