A large number of intangible cultural heritage in the world and the need to protect
it causes UNESCO to issue Convention For The Safeguarding Of The Intangible
Cultural Heritage. Indonesia, as one of the countries that has ratified the
convention, has the obligation to take part in conserving intangible cultural
heritage in Indonesia. Therefore, a cause that become the question in this research
is whether Indonesia has done the obligation as a state parties according to chapter
III from the Convention For The Safeguarding Of The Intangible Cultural
Heritage. The purpose of this thesis is to know the congruity of the performance
of chapter III from the Convention For The Safeguarding Of The Intangible
Cultural Heritage in conserving intangible cultural heritage in Indonesia. This
research was conducted normatively, using secondary data that consists of
primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. Library research and interviews,
with sources to get the information that was needed by the writer, were conducted
in searching for the source data, writer also used the qualitative method of
thinking with deductive reasoning in drawing the conclusion. The conclusion of
this thesis is that Indonesia has carried out the obligation to conserving the
intangible cultural heritages in Indonesia by involving almost the whole
Indonesian community, even though there are some problems in doing the
conserving and protecting the intangible cultural heritage in Indonesia because of
its quite massive amount. Suggestions from this thesis are that first, the role of
society in conserving the intangible cultural heritages in Indonesia should be
increased. Second, publication of intangible cultural heritage inventory system
should be increased. Third, UNESCO should make sanctions, for every state
partie’s obligations to be really implemented.