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Research centres and institutes specialized in the protection of cultural heritage

Research centres and institutes specialized in the protection of cultural heritage
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Throughout the world, several research centres and scientific entities share UNESCO’s involvement in protecting cultural heritage, which faces many threats, notably the increasing illicit trafficking of cultural property.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of research centres completely or partially involved in this field:

 

 

  • The GDRI (International Research Group) « Patrimoine culturel et droit de l’art » (Cultural Heritage and Art Law) of the University Jean Monnet Paris-Sud 11, involved in issues of illicit trafficking of cultural property, notably through a research program in comparative law, which associates many international partners;

  • The Art-Law Centre, closely linked to the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva, regularly organizes symposia, conferences and seminars and publishes research in the field of art law;

  • The EUI (European University Institute) of Florence has a Working Group specialized in cultural heritage. The Working Group on Cultural Heritage aims to provide a forum for the exploration of issues related to cultural heritage, cultural property and the law ;

  • The Cultural Heritage Law program of DePaul University College of Law of Chicago, which is linked with CIPLIT (Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology), organizes courses on Art and Law and also aims to offer students opportunities to explore externship and internship placements in this rapidly growing area of law;

  • The CECOJI (Center of Studies on the International Legal Cooperation) is a mixed research unit associating the University of Poitiers and the National Centre for Scientific Research (UMR 6224 of the National Center for Scientific Research). The CECOJI is made of several teams that undertake research in diverse disciplinary fields of law, including cultural property law;

  • The Institute of Art and Law is a small English independent research and educational organization which analyses the interface between the world of art and antiquities and that of law.

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