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Associate Professor of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom
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Master of International Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
10.22034/law.2024.61038.3378
Abstract
On July 24, 2020, after the Turkish Supreme Court's decision, the Turkish media announced the performance of Friday prayers in Hagia Sophia Mosque. Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List are the common heritage of humanity. And the international community is committed to preserving it for future generations. Changing, restoring or developing of a heritage on the UNESCO World Heritage List is something, with its conditions, has been allowed, and it has been happened. Governments must ensure that such changes do not affect the outstanding universal values of the heritage in question. Some governments may unilaterally change a World Heritage Site’s statute without prior discussion and negotiation with relevant UNESCO bodies. Recently, the Turkish government converted the Hagia Sophia Museum into a mosque, in accordance with the decision of the Turkish Supreme Administrative Court, which caused a lot of international criticisms. this article examines the conversion of the Hagia Sophia Museum to a mosque from the point of view the proponents, opponents and relevant international rules, as well as the issue of outstanding universal values. According to the research, it is possible to change the statute of a heritage inscribed on the World Heritage List, if it does not damage the outstanding Universal values of the heritage, because there are similar examples of change and the Convention does not prohibit such actions.
mashhadi, A. and Falahei Bahar, H. (2024). Changing the use of the Hagia Sophia museum to a mosque from the perspective of international law. Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, (), -. doi: 10.22034/law.2024.61038.3378
MLA
mashhadi, A. , and Falahei Bahar, H. . "Changing the use of the Hagia Sophia museum to a mosque from the perspective of international law", Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, , , 2024, -. doi: 10.22034/law.2024.61038.3378
HARVARD
mashhadi, A., Falahei Bahar, H. (2024). 'Changing the use of the Hagia Sophia museum to a mosque from the perspective of international law', Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22034/law.2024.61038.3378
CHICAGO
A. mashhadi and H. Falahei Bahar, "Changing the use of the Hagia Sophia museum to a mosque from the perspective of international law," Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, (2024): -, doi: 10.22034/law.2024.61038.3378
VANCOUVER
mashhadi, A., Falahei Bahar, H. Changing the use of the Hagia Sophia museum to a mosque from the perspective of international law. Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, 2024; (): -. doi: 10.22034/law.2024.61038.3378
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