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Building peace in the minds of men and women

Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws Glossary

A (12) | B (3) | C (14) | D (5) | E (3) | F (6) | G (1) | H (1) | I (8) | L (6) | M (8) | N (2) | O (4) | P (8) | R (11) | S (7) | T (5) | U (2) | V (1) | W (1)

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Name Description
Sanctions

Penalties or coercive measures that result from failure to comply with a law, rule, or order.

 

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary (Bryan A. Garner ed., 8th ed. 2004).
Sculptures

The product of the sculptor's art; that which is sculptured (or engraved); sculptured figures in general.

 

Source: Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2 Edition 1989).
Shipwrecks

A ship's wreckage. The injury or destruction of a vessel because of circumstances beyond the owner's control, rendering the vessel incapable of carrying out its mission.

 

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary (Bryan A. Garner ed., 8th ed. 2004).
Sites

The ground or area upon which a building, town, etc., has been built, or which is set apart for some purpose. Also, a plot, or number of plots, of land intended or suitable for building purposes, and, in wider use, a piece of ground or an area which has been appropriated for some purpose; the scene of a specified activity.

 

Source: Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2 Edition 1989).
Standard
Statutes of limitation

A law that bars claims after a specified period; a statute establishing a time limit for prosecuting a crime, based on the date when the offense occurred.

 

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary (Bryan A. Garner ed., 8th ed. 2004).
Statutory Bodies Creation

The establishment or designation, by convention or statute, of a relevant administrative body responsible for the implementation of the convention or statute. For example, the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict establishes a Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict whose purpose, among others, is “to monitor and supervise the implementation of [the] Protocol and promote the identification of cultural property under enhanced protection.”

 

Source: Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, arts. 24, 27(1)(c), 26 March 1999.