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Cultural Heritage

International Institutions & Organizations

• Aga Khan Trust for Culture
• ALESCO (Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization: Culture Section
• Centre for the Documentation of Cultural & Natural Heritage (Egypt)
• Europa Nostra
• Global Heritage Fund
• International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
• International Council on Museums (ICOM)
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
• International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
• International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS)
• ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
• Organization of World Heritage Cities
• UNEP-WCMP (United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre)
• UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
• UNESCO World Heritage Center
• UNESCO World Heritage Committee
• World Monuments Fund

National Institutions & Organizations

• Beijng Cultural Heritage Protection Center
• Cadw (Wales)
• Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) (France)
• Centre for Sinai
• Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran
• CyArk
• DigiCULT
• Digital Curation Centre
• English Heritage
• Heritage Council (Ireland)
• Heritage Malta
• Historic Houses Association (Great Britain)
• INAH Directorate of Global Patrimony / INAH Dirección de Patrimonio Mundial (Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico)
• Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
• Institute of Conservation (ICON) (United Kingdom)
• IRPA/KIK Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (Belgium)
• Japan National Trust
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (United States)
• National Trust of Australia (NSW)
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust
• Norbulingka Institute (Tibet, Government in Exile)
• Oxford Preservation Trust
• Partners for Sacred Places
• Queensland Heritage Council
• Rural Heritage Southland (New Zealand)
• SAHANZ (The Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand)
• Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (SOFI)
• United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS)
• United States Department of State – Cultural Heritage Center
• United States National Park Service – Archaeology Program
• Unites States Naval History and Heritage Command – Underwater Archaeology Branch
• Zamani Project - The African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes Database

European Union Council Directives and Regulations

• Directive 93/7/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State
• Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 of 9 December 1992 on the export of cultural goods

International Conventions (non-UNESCO)

• European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (1969)
• Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations, Convention of San Salvador (1976)
• European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property (1985)
• Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (1985)
• Unidroit Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (1995)
• European Convention on Landscape (2000)

International Pacts and Treaties

• Roerich Pact: Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (1935)
• Final Communiqué of the NATO-Partnership for Peace Conference on Cultural Heritage Protection in Wartime and in State of Emergency (1996)

International Laws and Statutes (Databases)

• International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) - International Cultural Property Ownership & Export Legislation (Legal Database)
• UNESCO – Cultural Heritage Laws Database

UN Resolutions

• UN General Assembly Resolution (A/RES/48/15) on the Return or Restitution of Cultural Property to the Countries of Origin (1993)
• UN Security Council Resolution 1483 [on Iraq]

UNESCO Conventions

• Hague Convention: Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954)
• Protocol to the 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 Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
• Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999)
• Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001)
• Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003)
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)

UNESCO Recommendations

• Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore (1989)
• Recommendation for the Protection of Movable Cultural Property (1978)
• Recommendation concerning the International Exchange of Cultural Property (1976)
• Recommendation concerning the Safeguarding and Contemporary Role of Historic Areas (1976)
• Recommendation concerning the Protection, at National Level, of the Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
• Recommendation concerning the Preservation of Cultural Property Endangered by Public or Private Works (1968)
• Recommendation on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Export, Import and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1964)
• Recommendation concerning the Safeguarding of Beauty and Character of Landscapes and Sites (1962)
• Recommendation on International Principles Applicable to Archaeological Excavations (1956)

UNESCO Declarations

• UNESCO Declaration Concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage (2003)
• Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage (2003)
• UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)

Miscellaneous UNESCO Documents

• Review of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (The Hague Convention of 1954), by Patrick Boylan (1993)

ICOMOS Charters (General Assembly)

• Charter on Cultural Tourism (1976)
• The Florence Charter on Historic Gardens. (1982)
• Charter on the Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (The Washington Charter) (1987)
• Charter for the Protection and Management of the Archaeological Heritage (1990)
• Guidelines for Education and Training in the Conservation of Monuments, Ensembles and Sites. (1993)
• ICOMOS Charter on the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites (2007)
• ICOMOS Charter on Cultural Routes (2008)

ICOMOS Charters (National Committees)

• The Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (The Burra Charter) (ICOMOS Australia, 1981)
• Charter for the Preservation of Quebec's Heritage (Deschambault Declaration) (ICOMOS Canada, 1982)
• Appleton Charter for the Protection and Enhancement of the Built Environment (ICOMOS Canada, 1983)
• First Brazilian Seminar About the Preservation and Revitalization of Historic Centers (ICOMOS Brazil, 1987)
• Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Heritage Value, (ICOMOS New Zealand, 1992)

ICOMOS Resolutions and Declarations (Symposia)

• Norms of Quito (Final Report of the Meeting on the Preservation and Utilization of Monuments and Sites of Artistic and historical Value, Quito, 1967)
• Resolutions of the Symposium on the Introduction of Contemporary Architecture into Ancient Groups of Buildings (1972)
• Resolution on the Conservation of Smaller Historic Towns (1975)
• Tlaxcala Declaration on the Revitalization of Small Settlements (1982)
• Declaration of Dresden (1982)
• Declaration of Rome (1983)
• The Nara Document on Authenticity (Nara Conference on Authenticity in Relation to the World Heritage Convention, held at Nara, Japan, from 1-6 November 1994)
• Principles for the Recording of Monuments, Groups of Buildings and Sites (1996)
• Declaration of San Antonio at the InterAmerican Symposium on Authenticity in the Conservation and Management of the Cultural Heritage (1996).

United States of America: Acts, Federal Statutes, Sanctions, Treaties, and Conventions

• Abandoned Shipwreck Act
  Pub.L. 100-298; 43 U.S.C. 2101-2106 (1998)
• Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru for the Recovery and Return of Stolen Archaeological, Historical, and Cultural Properties (1981)
• Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Guatemala for the Recovery and Return of Stolen Archaeological, Historical, and Cultural Properties (1984)
• American Antiquities Act (1906-2006)
• American Antiquities Act of 1906
  16 U.S.C. §§ 431-433
• Archaeological Resources Protection Act
  16 U.S.C. §§ 470aa-470mm
• Archaeological Resources Protection Act (1979)
• Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act
  19 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2613 (1982)
• Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (1983) [as 19 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.]
• Emergency Protection for Iraqi Cultural Antiquities Act of 2004, H.R. 1047 § 3001 et seq.
• Illegal Trafficking in Native American Human Remains and Cultural Items
  18 U.S.C § 1170
• Iraqi Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 576 and Executive Orders 13303, 13315, 13350, 13364, and 13438)
• National Stolen Property Act U.S. Code Title 18--Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 2314 et. seq.
• National Historic Preservation Act
  16 U.S.C. §§ 470-470w-8
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990), Public Law 101-601
• Pre-Columbian Monumental and Architectural Sculpture and Murals Statute (1973), Public Law No. 92-587, 19 U.S.C. § 2091 et seq. (1972)
• R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986
• Sunken Military Craft Act (2005)
• Treaty of Cooperation between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Providing for the Recovery and Return of Stolen Archaeological, Historical and Cultural Properties (1970)

Other Charters & Standards

• American Institute of Archaeology Professional Responsibilities Committee - Statement on Museum Acquisitions and Loans of Antiquities and Works of Art
• Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments (First International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments, Athens, 1931)
• Declaration of Amsterdam (Congress on the European Architectural Heritage, 21-25 October 1975)
• European Charter of the Architectural Heritage (Council of Europe, October 1975)
• International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (The Venice Charter) (Second International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments, Venice, 1964; 1965).

Looting, Theft & Destruction (Miscellaneous Resources)

• Art Theft Central (Blog)
• Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Art Theft Program
• Human Rights Archaeology (Blog)
• ICOM – Red List of African Archaeological Cultural Objects at Risk
• ICOM – Red List of Latin-American Cultural Objects at Risk
• ICOM – Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at Risk
• ICOM – Red List of Afghanistan Antiquities at Risk
• ICOM – Red List of Peruvian Antiquities at Risk
• ICOM – Red List of Cambodian Antiquities at Risk
• ICOMOS – International Council on Museums and Sites
• Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC) – McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
• INTERPOL - Works of Art Database
• Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP)
• Looting Matters (Blog)
• Lost Treasures from Iraq Database, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
• Museum Security Network
• Saving Antiquities for Everyone (SAFE)
• Web Journal on Cultural Patrimony
• United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Cultural Heritage Investigations and Repatriations