Assessing the legal impact of the Convention in countries not yet Party to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects.
A list of regional and domestic laws directly or indirectly influenced by the Convention is reproduced below.
Council of Europe
The 2017 Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property
European Union
European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/60/EU (recast, Council Directive 93/7/EEC)
Illicit trade in cultural goods in Europe, 2019
Germany
Cultural Property Protection Act of 31 July 2016 – KGSG
Switzerland
Related Documents
Trasferimento internazionale di beni culturali Convenzione UNESCO 1970 e Convenzione dell’Unidroit 1995 – Rapporto Gruppo di Lavoro – Ufficio federale della cultura, 3003 Berna/Svizzera, 1998 ENG | GE
The Netherlands
Articles 3.86a; 3.86b and 3.87a, Dutch Civil Code
Related Articles
Wantuch-Thole, Cultural Property in Cross-Border Litigation: Turning Rights into Claims, De Guyter, 2015
Explanatory Memorandum – Approval of the 1970 UNESCO Convention
Republic of Korea
The Cultural Heritage Protection Act [wholly Amended by Act No. 8346, Apr. 11, 2007]
Relevant legislative procedures and reports of parliamentary discussions on the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention.
Ireland
Irish Law Reform Commission – Report