International Cultural Heritage Law

After the completion of the Course, students will be able to:
CO1. Know of the definition(s) of cultural heritage.
CO2. Know of the role of international organisations in the protection of cultural heritage. CO3. Recognise various forms of threats to cultural heritage.
CO4. Practically understand the functioning of International Organisations and other available mechanisms and procedures on the protection of cultural heritage
CO5. Critically appraise the effectiveness of the regulatory frameworks on the protection of cultural heritage.

Cultural heritage actors and various stakeholders engaged in the protection of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage strategies and initiatives by States and international organisations.
International Organisations, including UNESCO, the EU and the Council of Europe. Attacks on tangible and intangible cultural heritage
Trafficking of cultural property
Regional synergies and responses to various threats on culture and cultural heritage Human rights & Cultural Rights
New technologies and Artificial Intelligence Climate Change Diplomacy
Types and forms of cultural heritage

Bibliography

K. Chainoglou, A. Wiesand, Y. Donders, and A. Sledzinska (eds.), Culture and Human Rights:
The Wroclaw Commentaries, (De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston, 2016).
K. Chainoglou & Z. Aliozi, 2023. Human Rights: A Comparative Approach, Kallipos+, Open Academic Editions.
Campfens, E., Jakubowski, A., Hausler, K., Selter, E. 2023, Research for CULT Committee – Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond, European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels.
J. Blake. 2015 International Cultural Heritage Law: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy, Oxford University Press.
L. Lixinski, 2013. Intangible Cultural Heritage in International Law, Oxford University Press.

Additional Reading

Chechi, Alessandro, 2014. The Settlement of International Cultural Heritage Disputes, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Stamatoudi, Irini, 2011. Cultural property law and the restitution of cultural property: a commentary
to international conventions and European Union law, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
J. Zarandona E. Cunliffe, M. Sladin, 2023. The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction, Routledge.

Journals

Santander Art and Law Review
International Journal of Cultural Heritage
International Journal of Heritage Studies
International Journal of Cultural Property
Human Rights Quarterly
International Human Rights Law Review
Human Rights Law Review
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
African Human Rights Law Journal
Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law
Australian Journal of Human Rights
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
East African Journal of Human Rights & Democracy
East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights
Harvard Human Rights Journal
Harvard Human Rights Yearbook
Human Rights and International Law
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights
International Legal Materials
New York Law School Journal of Human Rights
Nordic Journal of Human Rights
Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme
Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen
Humanitäres Völkerrecht: Informationsschriften
Revista española de derecho internacional
Rivista OIDU - Rivista ordine internazionale e diritti umani
Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale
European Journal of International Law
American Journal of International Law
International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Leiden Journal of International Law
Nordic Journal of International Law

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The overall academic performance of students is based on the assessment of a written assignment, on a formative assessment and their performance in the final exams. A passing mark in the mid-term assignment is not a prerequisite for his/her participation in the final exams. The final grade awarded to each student is the sum of the grades awarded for the assignment and the final exams. Both the assignments and the final exams are marked in the scale 0 (complete failure) to 100 (absolute success). In order to get a passing mark in the Course, a student must receive a passing mark in the final exams. In a nutshell:
● The grade awarded for the assignment represents the 20% of the Course’s final grade.
● The grade awarded for the formative assessment activities represents the 20% of the Course’s final grade
● The grade awarded for the final exams represents the 60% of the Course’s final grade.
● In order to get an overall passing mark, a student must be graded with at least 50/100 in the final exams.