State Border vs Culture: International Legal Examination

Awaluddin, Hamid

Indonesian Journal of International Law

This essay examines whether or not foreign cultural practices in one particular country, can be considered as an infringement of state border. Legal arguments, is certainly not sufficient to explore this issue. Various reasons to be employed in order to reach the conclusion; cultural practices are not incompatible with the principle of state sovereignty. Cultural practices cannot be limited in certain or fixed space. Culture always follows who advocates and practices it. Globalization makes culture no more bound to geographical area, race and religion.