Recent publications
International Law and Cultural Heritage
The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property: A Commentary
(Oxford University Press, 2024) edited by Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, Andrzej Jakubowski, and Alessandro Chechi
Read moreThe 1972 World Heritage Convention: A Commentary
Second Edition
(Oxford University Press, 2023) edited by Francesco Francioni and Federico Lenzerini
Read moreUNESCO’s World Heritage Convention at 50
International Journal of Cultural Property. Special section
(2022) vol.29, no.4
Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development and Human Rights: Towards an Integrated Approach
(Routledge, 2024) edited by Laura Pineschi
Read moreHeritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
(Brill Nijhoff, 2023) edited by Amy Strecker and Joseph Powderly
Read moreCulture and Law: An Inescapable Encounter
(Intersentia, 2023) edited by Jorge Sanchez Cordero
Read moreFurther publications
The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law
(2020) Oxford University Press, edited by Francesco Francioni and Ana Filipa Vrdoljak.
Read moreThe 2003 UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention: A Commentary
(2020) Oxford University Press, edited by Janet Blake and Lucas Lixinski.
2021 ASIL book prize winner
Read moreCulture and the Pandemic
(2021) International Journal of Cultural Property.Special issue, vol.24, no.1
Read more‘Culture is the essence of being human.’
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