Compiled by: Prof. Dr. Ruben Apressyan, senior researcher at the Centre for Advanced Study, as part of the research project “Access to Cultural Goods in War and Post-War Periods – An Ethical Analysis”.
UNESCO Conventions and Declarations
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention (Hague Convention, 1954).
https://en.unesco.org/protecting-heritage/convention-and-protocols/1954-convention
- Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970).
https://eca.state.gov/files/bureau/unesco01.pdf (PDF-Download)
- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972).
https://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/
https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/ccpwcnh/ccpwcnh.html
- Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001).
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000126065
- UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001).
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000127160
- UNESCO Declaration concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage (2003).
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000133874
- Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005).
UN Resolutions
- UN HRC Resolution 33/20: “Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage” (2016).
https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?j=G1622755&t=pdf (PDF-Download)
- UN SC Resolution 2347 [on the illegal destruction of cultural heritage, in particular, objects and monuments and objects of religious purpose, as well as looting and illegal export of cultural property] (2017).
https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?j=N1707904&t=pdf (PDF-Download)
- UN HRC Resolution 37/17: “Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage” (2018).
https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?j=G1809981&t=pdf (PDF-Download)
UN Reports
- A/HRC/17/38. Report of the independent expert in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed: “The right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage” (2011).
- A/HRC/31/59. Report of the Special Rapporteur (Karima Bennoune) in the field of cultural rights [On the intentional destruction of cultural heritage as a violation of human rights] (2016).
https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?j=G1601697&t=pdf (pdf download)
- A/HRC/71/317. Report of the Special Rapporteur (Karima Bennoune) in the field of cultural rights: “On the intentional destruction of cultural heritage as a violation of human rights” (2016).
https://www.concernedhistorians.org/content_files/file/to/354.pdf (pdf download)
- A/73/227. Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights: “Universality, cultural diversity and cultural rights” (2018).
https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?j=N1823765&t=pdf (pdf download)