Operational Guidelines
It is necessary to learn from the best practices of the States Parties to guide the implementation of the 1970 Convention. Operational Guidelines best reinforce the 1970 Convention by identifying the best means of achieving the objectives of the Convention. The third Meeting of States Parties (18-20 May 2015) adopted Operational Guidelines by Resolution 3.MSP 11.
Last update:19 September 2023
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Purpose of these Guidelines
- Purpose of the Convention
- Definition of cultural property for the purposes of the Convention (Article 1)
- Fundamental principles of the Convention (Articles 2; 3)
- Link between heritage and State (Article 4)
- National services for the protection of cultural heritage (Articles 5; 13 (a, b); 14)
- Prohibition and prevention of illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property (Articles 6; 7(a, b(i)); 8; 10(a); 13(a))
- Cooperation on recovery and return of cultural property (Articles 7(b)(ii); 13(b, c, d); 15)
- Pillage of archaeological and ethnological materials (Article 9)
- Occupation (Article 11)
- Special agreements (Article 15)
- Reports by States Parties (Article 16)
- Secretariat to the 1970 Convention and to the Subsidiary Committee (Article 17)
- States Parties to the 1970 Convention (Articles 20; 24)
- Reservations
- Cooperating partners in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property
- Conventions relating to the protection of cultural property
- List of proposed annexes
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (UNESCO, Paris, 1970)