The interest individuals have in the preservation of their culture raises various difficulties pertaining to the meaning of this interest, its justification, and its normative implications. In this Paper, I wish to make several comments on these issues and the relationships between them. I will discuss the meaning of the interest individuals have in the preservation of their culture and the justification of this interest by referring to Margalit and Halbertals article Liberalism and the Right to Culture. I will then comment on the classification of cultural preservation rights by referring to Kymlickas notions of poly-ethnic rights, self-government rights and representation rights. I will conclude with questions concerning the justification of some particular rights to cultural preservation by resorting to Brian Barrys discussion of Québec language rights and some examples of Israels immigration policies.

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Chaim Gans1
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Citation Information: Law & Ethics of Human Rights. Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 6–16, ISSN (Online) 1938-2545, DOI: 10.2202/1938-2545.1001, January 2007
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