POLICY COMPENDIUM
The World Heritage Policy Compendium is a database of World Heritage policies. It is organized around the 5 Strategic Objectives of the Convention - known as the 5Cs, - including Credibility, Conservation, Capacity Building, Communication and Communities, together with a first chapter on General Policies.
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United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
GIAHS – Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (FAO)
Annex X of WHC‑01/CONF.208/24 - Update of the Global Training Strategy
Man and the Biosphere Programme
Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage
Managing Natural World Heritage
Nara Document on Authenticity
Policy on Engaging with Indigenous People
Preparing World Heritage Nominations (Second edition)
Reflection on the Trends of the State of Conservation
Report of the Expert Meeting on Evaluation of General Principles and Criteria for Nominations of Natural World Heritage sites
Revised Partnerships for Conservation Initiative Strategy
Strategy for the Reinforcement of UNESCO Action for the Protection of Culture and the Promotion of Cultural Pluralism in the Event of Armed Conflict
The Bonn Declaration
The Istanbul Declaration
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992)
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
The Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration on Nature and Culture
UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. Annual Reports
Managing Cultural World Heritage
UNESCO Declaration concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
Vienna Memorandum on World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture – Managing the Historic Urban Landscape
World Heritage Tourism Programme
The World Heritage Policy Compendium was elaborated thanks to the generous contribution of the Government of Australia.
The World Heritage Policy Compendium On-line tool was developed thanks to the generous contribution of the Government of Korea.
- The Convention
- Convention Text
- Policy Compendium
- Operational Guidelines
- The Committee
- Committee Decisions
- The General Assembly
- Statutory Meetings
- The States Parties
- The Centre
- Employment & Internships
- Who's Who
- The Advisory Bodies
- Funding
- World Heritage Fund
- Financial regulations
- International Assistance
- Reporting & Monitoring
- State of Conservation
- Periodic Reporting
- List of factors affecting the properties
- Reactive Monitoring
- The Emblem
- Africa
- Arab States
- Asia & Pacific
- Europe & North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean