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Our Cities Speak: Busan (Korea) and the Role of Civil Society in Heritage-Making
As part of the Indian Historic Cities Series 2025, Our Cities Speak featured a keynote on Busan, South Korea, examining how civil society participates in heritage-making and World Heritage nomination processes. The lecture highlights why community involvement is critical to shaping credible narratives and sustaining long-term heritage protection.
OWH Statement at the 47th World Heritage Committee: Institutionalizing the Guiding Principles for Sites of Memory
At the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Dr Tokie Laotan-Brown delivered a formal statement on behalf of OurWorldHeritage Foundation. You can read the full one-minute version of our statement here.
Make it official! World Heritage guidelines for sites of recent conflicts
On July 11, 2025, the World Heritage Committee at its 47 th session will inscribe Cambodian Memorial Sites: from centres of repression to places of peace and reflection using criterion (vi). The Kingdom of Cambodia has chosen three sites to represent one of the most serious abuses of human rights in the 20th century.