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International Control of Illicit Movement of the Cultural Heritage: the 1970 UNESCO Convention and Some Possible Alternatives
The author argues that it is necessary to use international law to prevent the illicit transfer of the cultural heritage of the nations of the world; utilizing the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property; as well as other measures to accomplish this
Hunting as Intangible Heritage: Some Notes on Its Manifestations
This article seeks to relate hunting practices, of which some good examples have been given in this volume, to the way such practices are dealt with in the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003. The extraordinary ubiquity of hunting behavior, ritual, and representation creates an enormous field of study, which can only be touched lightly by such an international legal instrument