Heritage Legislation
Kulturerberecht
6 CPSummerENFÜS
Contents
The module will focus on the following contents: International Cultural Heritage Legislation • Introduction to international treaties • Declaration and Convention • 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict • The Hague and its two protocols • 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property • 1982 Mexico City Declaration on Cultural Policies, World Conference on Cultural Policies, Mexico City • 2001 UNESCO Convention on the protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage • 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage • 2005 Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, Faro Procedures and processes of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention • Framework of the World Heritage Convention • Operational Guidelines for its implementation • Rules of Procedures of UNESCO organs • Nomination formats • Criteria, authenticity and integrity • Periodic Reporting • State of Conservation Reports • International Assistance Requests
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the student are able to: • Understand the content and scope of application of the most important standard-setting instruments for heritage • Utilise legal terminology in professional discussions • Understand the legal protection status of heritage sites • Understand the basic legal references of the World Heritage Convention • Apply procedure of the World Heritage Convention required for heritage listing processes • Consider the relevance and applicability of national and international heritage legislation • Participate in drafting committee for legal amendments
Assessment
Integrated examination in the form of a written essay, consisting of legal advise (1000 words) and draft of a tentative list proposal or state of conservation report (according to UNESCO Format, max. 3000 words).
Literature (13)
- “Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict” in: Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 1954
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 1954
- 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
- “Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property”, in UNESCO: Records of the General Conference, sixteenth session 1970, Paris: UNESCO, p. 130-136
- UNIDROIT Convention on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects, Rome, 24 June 1995
- Michel Batisse, “Recollections of a (conventional) marriage”, in: The Invention of World Heritage, 2005, Paris: Association of former UNESCO Staff Members, p. 13-42
- Gerard Bolla, “Episodes of a painstaking gestation”, in : The Invention of World Heritage, 2005, Paris: Association of former UNESCO Staff Members, p. 67-94
- Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 16 November 1972, Paris: UNESCO General Conference
- Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, 2012, Paris: UNESCO
- Mexico City Declaration on Cultural Policies, World Conference on Cultural Policies, 1982, Mexico City: UNESCO
- 2001 UNESCO Convention on the protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, 2001, Paris: UNESCO General Conference
- 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Paris: UNESCO General Conference
- Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, Faro 27 October 2005, Council of Europe
Remarks
In the event that the module cannot be taught or tested according to the present description (e.g. for reasons of infection protection), the alternatives communicated on relevant platforms (e.g. homepage or Moodle) apply.
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 28 Sep 2026Original