@article{oai:tobunken.repo.nii.ac.jp:00009085,
 author = {二神, 葉子 and Futagami, Yoko},
 issue = {13},
 journal = {無形文化遺産研究報告, Research nd Reports on Intangible Cultural Heritage},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The Thirteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from 26 November to 2 December, 2018 in Port Louis,
Republic of Mauritius. During the session, 31 elements of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) were
inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
(Representative List) including Japan’s nominated element “Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in
masks and costumes.” In addition, “Ssirum (wrestling) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”
and “Ssireum, traditional wrestling in the Republic of Korea” which had been recommended to be
inscribed on the Representative List by the Evaluation Body, these elements were integrated into
one element named “Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum)” upon requests from both
States Parties.
　　At this Committee, implementation of a dialogue mechanism between the Evaluation Body and
the States Parties concerned during the evaluation process was discussed because some Committee
Members strongly argued to adopt such mechanism. Main problem of the argument was that the
Committee does not have the function to amend the Operational Directives. The Secretariat also
pointed out it is not possible to change the recommendations of the Evaluation Body even if the
States Parties concerned make clarification of their files after the Body drafted its evaluation. But,
such dialogue was decided to implement on an experimental basis with a view to present possible
amendment of the Operational Directives.
　　The Committee Members which are in favor of the dialogue does not seem to be so conscious
about the difference of the structure and scale of the Advisory Bodies of the World Heritage
Convention and the Evaluation Body of the ICH Convention. The dialogue would be difficult to
implement in a similar way to the Advisory Bodies because of the difference. It is also seemed the
dialogue is limited to provide information about a specific file, such dialogue would not be so
beneficial to the States Parties to build their capacity to safeguard ICH in the long run.
　　In these circumstances, it is hoped that Japanese and other experienced experts and officers
will be interested in providing their knowledge and skills to study and safeguard ICH to other
States Parties for their capacity building and good implementation of the Convention},
 pages = {1--21},
 title = {無形文化遺産の保護に関する第13回政府間委員会の概要と課題},
 year = {2019}
}