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• Link Ressources of interest
General information
• ICOM
• The
Illicit Antiquities Research Centre
• UNESCO
Prevention of the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer
of Ownership of Cultural Property • ICOMOS
(International Council on Monuments and Sites) • Museum
Security Network
• Council
of Europe - Archaeology :
protection and development
• International Bar Association - Protecting
Cultural Heritage • Object
ID
• Museum
law and the protection of cultural property and monuments VL-Museen (Deutschland)
• SAFE
(Saving Antiquities For Everyone)
• Bern declaration / Déclaration de
Berne
• Legal
Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource
Guide (By Louise Tsang)
Conventions
• UNESCO Conventions
- Convention for the Protection of
Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict .
(1954)
- Convention
on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit
Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970)
- Convention
on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage .(2001)
• UNIDROIT Convention
on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (1995)
• Council
of Europe
• International
Cultural Property Protection - US State Department,
Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs
Legislations
• UNESCO
- Cultural Heritage Laws Database
• European
Heritage Network (Some European countries
legislation available)
• Argentina
- INTERPOL
• Brazil
- Istituto
do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional
• Cyprus
- Ministry
of Communications and works
• Czech Republic - Ministry
of Culture, Department of Moveable Heritage, Museums and
Galleries
• Peru
- http://textiles.perucultural.org.pe/legis.htm
Police and Custom Organisations
• Interpol Stolen
Works of Art
• Interpol Argentina
• FBI Art
Theft Program (USA)
• Scotland Yard - Metropolitan
Police, Art and Antiquites Unit (UK)
• Arma
dei Carabinieri (Italy)
• IPHAN- Istituto
do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Brazil)
• Central
Office for the Fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods (Office Central de lutte contre le trafic des biens culturels,
France)
• Instituto
Superior de policía judiciária e ciências criminais (Portugal)
• World
Custom Organisation / Organisation mondiale des douanes
Information on Stolen Objects (databases, import, restitution,
alerts...)
• Interpol Stolen
Works of Art CD-Rom
• Invaluable - Art Market Intelligence (database, police
liaison team and magazine - english) thesaurus.co.uk
and thesaurus.co.uk/protect/museums
• Trace (service for locating and retrieving stolen art, antiques
and collectables, english)
• The Art
Loss Register (a private database of stolen
art and antiquities. It includes works of art looted during
World War II which are identified separately. Available
in english, german, french, italian)
• Find
Stolen Art (UK) (This Web Site has been
developed to assist Police Forces, across the United Kingdom,
in the recovery and return of Stolen Antiques and to enable
Auction Houses, Collectors and Dealers to comply with
the Code of Due Diligence, available in english)
• The
Model Export Certificate for Cultural Objects The Model
Export Certificate for Cultural Objects
World War 2 / Holocaust, Art stolen by the Nazis
• Resources
on the issue of spoliation of Jewish cultural property during
the Second World War