Conferences and Exhibitions
UNESCO Secretariat is responsible for organizing a number of conferences and exhibitions, under the banner of the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property and/or their restitution to the country of origin, in addition to organizing the formal statutory meetings relevant to the 1970 Convention and delivering capacity-building workshops around the world.
UNESCO partners and national institutions, with the participation of UNESCO, have also organized similar events.
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2015
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Events organized by UNESCO partners
- Public hearing on ‘Destruction and Trafficking of Cultural Heritage’ - European Parliament in Brussels, 13 July 2015
- INTERPOL Symposium: 9th International Symposium on the theft of and illicit traffic in works of art, cultural property and antiquities
11-13 March 2015, Lyon, France
Events organized by Member States
- The measures preventing illicit heritage export from Iraq and Syria; Prague, Czech Republic; 23 September 2015
Summary and recommendations for future activities of institutions in the Czech Republic contributing to the illicit cultural heritage export from Iraq and Syria prevention
- Third Meeting of Ministers of Culture of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Havana, Cuba, 17 to 19 September 2015
- Combating the looting of Syria's Cultural Heritage - a conference organized by Norway and Bulgaria in partnership with UNESCO - Sofia, Bulgaria, 16 to 17 September 2015
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2014
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Events organized by UNESCO partners
First All Art and Cultural Heritage Law Conference - Geneva (Switzerland), 13 - 14 June 2014
"Expert Meeting on illicit trafficking of cultural goods - investigations and criminal proceedings in cross-border cases" - The Hague (Netherlands) - 13 June 2014
Exhibition 'Memory Regained: Treasures recovered by the Carabinieri' - Rome (Italy), 23 January - 16 March 2014
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2013
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Events organized by UNESCO
- International Symposium on “Protecting Asia’s Heritage: Strategies for Fighting Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property”, Kathmandu, Nepal, 16-17 December 2013
Events organized by UNESCO partners
- EU - Brainstorming Meeting on the Fight against Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Goods, Brussels, Belgium, 18 October 2013
- INTERPOL - 7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe, Jurmala, Latvia, 8-10 October 2013
- ICOM - First Meeting of the International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods, Paris, France, 4-5 July 2013
- EU - First Meeting of the Informal Network of Law Enforcement Authorities and Experts, Competent in the Field of Cultural Goods (EU CULTNET), Larnaka, Cyprus, 30 May 2013
- INTERPOL - 10th Meeting of the INTERPOL Expert Group (IEG) on Stolen Cultural Property, Lyon, France, 9-10 April 2013
Events organized by Member States
- 3rd International Conference of Experts on the Return of Cultural Property, Athens, Greece, 23-26 October 2013;
Recommendation of the Conference | Photo - Seminar on the "Globalization of the Protection of Cultural Heritage - The 1970 Convention: New Challenges" (with UNESCO sponsorship), Mexico City, Mexico, 21-23 March 2013 (PDF)
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2012
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Events organized by UNESCO
- Exhibition of Stolen and Recovered Original Works of Art, UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 19 June - 6 July 2012
Events organized by UNESCO partners
- INTERPOL - 9th Meeting of the INTERPOL Expert Group (IEG) on Stolen Cultural Property, Lyon, France, 28-29 February 2012
Events organized by Member States
- Second International Conference of Experts on the Return of Cultural Property, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 16-17 October 2012
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2011
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Events organized by UNESCO
- 40th Anniversary of the 1970 Convention:
"The Fight Against the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Objects - The 1970 Convention: Past and Future"
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 15-16 March 2011
Events organized by UNESCO partners
- INTERPOL - 8th International Symposium on the Theft of and Illicit Traffic in Works of Art, Lyon, France, 18-20 October 2011
- INTERPOL - 8th Meeting of the INTERPOL Expert Group (IEG) on Stolen Cultural Property, Lyon, France, 5-6 April 2011
Events organized by Member States
- International Forum on the Return of Cultural Property: “Strategies to build the international network for the return of cultural properties" (with UNESCO sponsorship), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 19 July 2011
- 40th Anniversary of the 1970 Convention:
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Pre-2011
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Events organized by UNESCO partners
- INTERPOL - 6th International Conference on the illicit Traffic in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna, Austria, 8-10 June 2010
- INTERPOL - 7th Meeting of the INTERPOL Expert Group (IEG) on Stolen Cultural Property, Lyon, France, 23-24 February 2010
Events organized by Member States
- 30th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation (with UNESCO sponsorship), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 25-28 November 2008
- International Conference: "Return of Cultural Property to its Country of Origin" (with UNESCO sponsorship), Athens, Greece, 17-18 March 2008