Combating the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges, Practices, and Legal Responses
Wednesday, 4 February 2026 12:30–14:30 (CST) / 15:30–17:30 (ART)
This webinar, “Combating the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges, Practices, and Legal Responses,” will bring together leading contributors to the Commentary on the 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property, published by Oxford University Press in 2024.
The event will offer regional perspectives and experiences and will provide a valuable opportunity to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the adoption of the 1970 UNESCO Convention and the 30th anniversary of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention.
The webinar is jointly organised by the Mexican Center of Uniform Law and the Observatory of International Humanitarian Law of the University of Buenos Aires.
Programme
Opening remarks on behalf of the organisers and editors:
- Jorge Sánchez Cordero Dávila, Director of the Mexican Center of Uniform Law and Vice President of the Governing Council of UNIDROIT
- Emiliano J. Buis, Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and Academic Director of the Observatory of International Humanitarian Law, UBA
- Andrzej Jakubowski, Researcher at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Co-Editor of the Oxford Commentary
Thematic presentations:
- Elena Rodríguez Pineau, Professor of Private International Law, Autonomous University of Madrid (co-author)
The interaction between the 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions and other instruments for the prevention of and fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural property. - Jorge Sánchez Cordero Dávila (co-author)
Latin America’s contribution to the development and adoption of the 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions. - Emiliano J. Buis
The interaction between the two conventions: the public–private law divide and its defining features. - Sebastián Green Martínez, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and member of the International Arbitration team at Uría Menéndez, Madrid (co-author)
Procedures for submitting claims for the return and restitution of cultural property. - Lucas Lixinski, Professor and Vice Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) (co-author)
Latin America and the 1970 Convention: moving beyond the passive image of the region as a source of cultural property.
Questions and Answers Session
The webinar will be moderated by Jorge Sánchez Cordero Dávila.
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