Cultural Heritage - Law
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Countries : | Australia | Belgium | Canada | France | Portugal | Romania | United Kingdom | United States |


International :

International governments, law and courts
http://www.netlizard.com/demo.html

Cultural protection treaties and other international agreements
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/cultural.html

European Union :

European convention on offences relating to cultural property, 23 June 1985
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/www/bh863.html

European convention on the protection of the archaeological heritage (Revised), Valetta 16 January 1992
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/www/bh997.html

Council Directive 93/7/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l11017b.htm

Heritage Law (UK and Europe)
http://heritagelaw.org/
ICOMOS :

The Venice Charter - International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, 1964
http://www.international.icomos.org/icomos/e_venice.htm

Archaeological Heritage Management - ICOMOS Charter for the Protection and Management of the Archaeological Heritage (1990)
http://www.international.icomos.org/icomos/e_archae.htm

UNESCO :

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 14 May 1954
http://www.icomos.org/hague/hague.convention.html

Revised text of the 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
http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/hague/html_eng/protocol2.shtml

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property - 17 November 1970
http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/1970/html_eng/page1.shtml

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage - 1972
http://www.unesco.org/whc/world_he.htm

Recommendation on International Principles Applicable to Archaeological Excavations, 5 December 1956
http://www.icomos.org/unesco/delhi56.html

The World Heritage List -- (alphabetically by State Party)
http://www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm

UNESCO legal instruments
http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/legal/index.shtml

Unidroit :

1995 Unidroit Convention. Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, 24 June 1995
http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/c-cult.htm

World Bank :

World Bank Group : Environment
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/41ByDocName/Environment

Australia :

Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA)
http://www.atns.net.au/biogs/A000390b.htm

Australia : legislation
http://www.deh.gov.au/about/legislation.html#legislation

Australia : South Australia Heritage related legislation
http://www.indigenet.unisa.edu.au/heritage/legislation/SA/salegtoc.html

Heritage Conservation / Historic Preservation, Heritage Organisations
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~conserv/othorgs.htm

Belgium :

Division du Patrimoine, textes de loi (Belgium)
http://www.skene.be/RW/Loi/LOI0100.html

Canada :

Guidelines for Evaluating Shipwrecks of National Historic Significance in Canada
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/pfa-fap/arch4_a_e.asp

The Heritage Resources Act - Manitoba
http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/h039-1e.php

Unearthing the Law: Archaeological Legislation on Lands in Canada
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/pfa-fap/loi-law/index_e.asp

France :

Droit et archéologie - (in french : list and copy of the french texts about archaeology)
http://www.archeodroit.net

Portugal :

Legislação e Regulamentos - (in portuguese)
http://www.ipa.min-cultura.pt/legis/legis_e_reguls

Romania :

Institutul de Memorie Culturala : Legislaţie - (in romanian)
http://www.cimec.ro/a_arheologie.htm

United Kingdom :

Heritage Law (UK and Europe)
http://heritagelaw.org/

The Portable Antiquities Scheme : The Treasure Act
http://www.finds.org.uk/background/treasure.asp
United States :

archaeologyfieldwork.com : the law and archaeology
http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/law.htm

Legal, Regulatory and Legislative Links (American Cultural Resources Association)
http://www.acra-crm.org/legallinks.html

Legal Anthropology.com
http://www.legalanthropology.com/

Major Historic and Cultural Resource Management Mandates
http://www.uscg.mil/systems/gse/histlaws.htm

National NAGPRA
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/

Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act
http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nagpra/nagpra.dat/lgm003.html

United States Laws, Regs and Standards
http://www.cr.nps.gov/linklaws.htm

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