Readings: Protecting Cultural Property: The 1954 Hague Convention at 70

The Kernochan Center's Art Law Symposium Protecting Cultural Property: The 1954 Hague Convention at 70 was held March 1, 2024, at Columbia Law School.

  1. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
  2. First Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention
  3. Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention
  4. The UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
  5. The 1995 (UNIDROIT) Convention On Stolen Or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
  6. The Regulation (EU) 2019/880 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the introduction and the import of cultural goods
  7. Antiquities Transaction Due Diligence Toolkit (Annex)
  8. Birgit Kurtz, United States Regulatory Developments Relevant to the Art Market
  9. Liz Fraccaro, Overview of Public Comments to FinCEN’s ANPRM on Regulating Antiquities
  10. Armen Vartian, Dutch Appellate Court Affirms Decision Awarding Possession of Scythian Gold to Ukraine, and not Crimea  [in Document 7]
  11. Lauren Bursey, Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Art Market Participants in the United Kingdom
  12. Maria Cannon, The Need for Speed: Why Recovery of Missing Art Needs an Upgrade
  13. Laura Tiemstra, Crimean Artifacts Will be Returned to Ukraine [in Document 12]
  14. Valentina Tarquini, New Course for Italy on Cultural Property?
  15. Citi GPS: Global Art Market Disruption: Birgit Kurtz, Art and Money Laundering
  16. Birgit Kurtz, Treasury Study re Money Laundering in the Art Market: Some Risks – But No Immediate Government Action Required
  17. P. Gerstenblith, Protecting Cultural Heritage: The Ties Between People and Places
  18. P. Gerstenblith, The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: A Crime against Property or a Crime against People?
  19. P. Gerstenblith, Provenances: Real, Fake and Questionable
  20. Jane A. Levine, The Importance of Provenance Documentation in the Market for Ancient Art and Artifacts: The Future of the Market May Depend on Documenting the Past

 

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