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Cultural Property Law

Selected Conventions and Legislation

Archaeological Resources Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 470AA - 470HH.  Lexis.  Westlaw.

Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C. §§ 2601 -13.  Lexis.  Westlaw.

Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Done at the Hague, 14 May 1954. Entered in Force, 7 August 1956. ICRC Website.

Importation of Pre-Columbian Monumental or Architectural Sculpture or Murals Act, 19 U.S.C. §§ 2091-95.  Lexis.  Westlaw.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 3001 - 13.  Lexis.  Westlaw.  

Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore, 15 November 1989. UNESCO Website.

Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Hague, 26 March 1999. ICRC Website.

UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970). UNESCO Website. 

UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 2001. Paris, 2 November 2001. UNESCO Website.