UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws

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”
• International Art and Heritage Law

• 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