The Law Library also owns statutory materials for a variety of foreign jurisdictions. Please consult a Reference Librarian or InfoHawk, the library’s online catalog, for assistance in identifying these materials.

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Nov. 23, 1972

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, May 14, 1954

Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, June 24, 1995

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, Nov. 14, 1970

Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations, June 16, 1976

Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, Nov. 2, 2001

European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property, June 23, 1985

European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage, May 6, 1969

European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised), Jan. 16, 1992

European Cultural Convention, Dec. 19, 1954

International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (Venice Charter 1964), approved May 31, 1964 (ICOMOS)

Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (Roerich Pact), Apr. 15, 1935

Return or Restitution of Cultural Property to the Countries of Origin, U.N. GAOR 47th Plenary Meeting, Nov. 2, 1993

Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Mar. 26, 1999