CULTURE
Documents
Related Websites dedicated to the protection of the cultural heritage:
INTERPOL Website
World Customs Organization Website
UNIDROIT Website
OCBC Website
UK Guide to collecting, buying and selling art, antiques and antiquities:
“
Cultural Property Advice
”
List of international normative instruments for the protection of the cultural heritage
(
conventions, agreements, charters, codes, declarations, action plans, protocols, recommendations, etc.
)
Main conventions on the protection of the cultural heritage:
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict – 1954:
Text of the Convention
– 1954
First Protocol
– 1954
Second Protocol
– 1999
UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
– 1970
Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
– 1972
UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
– 1995
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
– 2001
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
– 2003
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
– 2005
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