Recent publications
International Law and Cultural Heritage
Multilateral efforts to regulate the trade in cultural objects in Asia
This webinar was held on Tuesday 23 September 2025, 08:00 UTC.
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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
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The 1972 World Heritage Convention: A Commentary
Second Edition
(Oxford University Press, 2023) edited by Francesco Francioni and Federico Lenzerini
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UNESCO’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
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Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
(Brill Nijhoff, 2023) edited by Amy Strecker and Joseph Powderly
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Culture 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.
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The 2003 UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention: A Commentary
(2020) Oxford University Press, edited by Janet Blake and Lucas Lixinski.
2021 ASIL book prize winner
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Culture and the Pandemic
(2021) International Journal of Cultural Property.Special issue, vol.24, no.1
Read more‘Culture is the essence of being human.’
(UNESCO, 1970)
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