Commentary on the 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property

Oxford University Press has recently published The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property – A Commentary, edited by Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, Andrzej Jakubowski and Alessandro Chechi. The 900-page long book is part of the Commentaries on International Cultural Heritage Law series.

The UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 requires that contracting States take measures to prohibit and prevent the illicit trafficking of cultural property. The UNIDROIT Convention of 24 June 1995 on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects builds on the provisions of the UNESCO Convention and supplements them by formulating minimal legal rules on the restitution and return of cultural objects. It lays down the rules of private international law and international procedure which make it possible to turn the principles of the UNESCO Convention into practice.

The impressive list of contributors includes some of the most renowned experts in private international law issues relating to cultural property, such as – to name only a few – Manlio Frigo, Toshiyuki Kono, Elina N. Moustaira, Elena Rodríguez Pineau, Christa Roodt, Kurt Siehr, Tamás Szabados and Matthias Weller.

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