Combating Trafficking in Cultural Property in Brazil and Latin America: Challenges, Practices, and Legal Responses
Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 5:30–7:00 p.m. (BRT)
This webinar will bring together leading contributors to the Oxford Commentary on the 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property, published by Oxford University Press in 2024. In addition to presenting Brazilian and regional perspectives and experiences, the event will offer a valuable opportunity to mark the 55th anniversary of the 1970 UNESCO Convention and the 30th anniversary of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention.
The event will be held in Portuguese and streamed live on the TCE-PB TV YouTube channel (http://tiny.cc/tvtcepb). No prior registration is required.
Organisers
- Court of Accounts of the State of Paraíba (TCE/PB)
- Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Accounts of the State of Paraíba (MPC/PB)
- Graduate Programme in Legal Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba (PPGCJ/UFPB)
- EUMer – Jean Monnet Module at UFPB
- Brazilian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA Brasil)
Programme
- Marcilio Franca, Public Prosecutor at MPC/PB, Head of the Cultural Heritage Task Force, and Professor at UFPB (co-author) – Welcome remarks and moderation
- Alessandro Chechi, Professor at Université Catholique de Lille and Università di Siena (editor) – Greetings on behalf of the editors
- Lucas Lixinski, Professor at the University of New South Wales and Director of Studies of the International Law Association (co-author) – Latin America and the 1970 Convention: Beyond the Passive Image of a Region of Origin of Cultural Property
- Tatiana Carvalho Teixeira, Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil – The Itamaraty, Cultural Diplomacy, and the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Property
- Gustavo Mônaco, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo – Cultural Property and the Draft General Act on Private International Law
- Priscilla Pereira de Andrade, Legal Officer at UNIDROIT, Rome – The Role of Due Diligence
- Talita Sá, Acting Coordinator for the Circulation of Cultural Property, IPHAN – IPHAN’s Role in Combating Trafficking in Cultural Property
This will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
The webinar will be moderated by Marcilio Franca.
