For reference

Related Websites dedicated to the protection of the cultural heritage:

• INTERPOL
• World Customs Organization
• UNIDROIT
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)- SHERLOC knowledge management portal
• Office central de lutte contre le trafic de biens culturels (OCBC)
• UK Guide to collecting, buying and selling art, antiques and antiquities: “Cultural Property Advice”
• International Art and Heritage Law
• Origins Unknown Agency
• http://www.kulturgutverluste.de/en/http://www.kulturgutverluste.de/en/Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste (German Lost Art Foundation)

List of international normative instruments for the protection of the cultural heritage:

• Conventions, agreements, charters, codes, declarations, action plans, protocols, recommendations, etc.

Main Conventions on the protection of the cultural heritage:

• Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict – 1954:
  Text of the Convention – 1954
  First Protocol – 1954
  Second Protocol – 1999
• UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property – 1970
• Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage – 1972
• UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects – 1995
• Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage – 2001
• Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – 2003
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions – 2005