Research & Article

This article aims to study of (1) the successors of knowledge, (2) safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003 and (3) safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage of the Promotion and Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage B.E. 2559 (2016). This study is to compare the rights of knowledge successors in line with the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003 and The Promotion and Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage B.E. 2559 (2016). This study will benefit the amendment of The Promotion and Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage B.E. 2559 (2016) for the successors of knowledge rights which leads to more concrete measures. The study found that the Promotion and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage Act B.E. 2559 (2016) is not sufficient to protect the rights of the successors of knowledge comparing with the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention 2003. Therefore, the Promotion and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage Act B.E. 2559 (2016) should be re-defined of the successors of knowledge, the right to change and develop the knowledge components of the intangible cultural heritage, the right to participate for the promotion and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and the right to deter acts that damage intangible cultural heritage.