UNESCO Convention on Measures to Prohibit and Prevent the Illegal Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
The Convention on Measures to Prohibit and Prevent the Illegal Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property was adopted on November 14, 1970 at the 16th session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris . It was the first peace treaty that defined the concept of cultural property .
As of March 2016, the convention was ratified by 131 states.
The convention was ratified by Switzerland in 2003 . Germany followed on November 30, 2007 and Austria on July 15, 2015.
determination
According to Art. 1 ak, cultural goods are those goods that are considered to be “particularly important” for the cultural heritage of all of humanity. These cultural goods must belong to one of the categories set out in Article 4 of the UNESCO Convention in order to be covered by the special protection under the Convention. They are characterized by the fact that each state describes them as particularly important for archeology, prehistory, history, literature, art or science for religious or secular reasons. Accordingly, they belong to the national heritage of a state and are acc. Art. 1 and Art. 4 attributed to the state concerned. According to the convention, this means that the respective state is also responsible for the preservation and security of the cultural property.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Convention on Measures to Prohibit and Prevent the Inadmissible Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property unesco.de, accessed on August 26, 2016.
- ^ A b Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, November 14, 1970 (English), accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Systematic legal collection
- ↑ Federal Law Gazette 2007 II pp. 626, 627