Cultural Protection, Security etc., stolen art & illicit trafficking etc.
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Museum Security Network - Major reference and news site, with weekly summary reports of art losses, safety and security incidents etc.
- Object-ID website: Documenting the Cultural Heritage
- Development Gateway - Culture and Development - includes Heritage in Peril
- "Hague Convention,1954": - Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 1954
- 2nd Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention, adopted 26 March 1999
- Review of 1954 Hague Convention (Excerpts): - from Review of Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (The Hague Convention, 1954) by Patrick J. Boylan for UNESCO and the Government of the Netherlands (1993)
- Cultural protection on "Desert Storm" Campaign (Gulf War, 1991) Report of U.S. Department of Defense to Congress (1993)
- Carnegie Symposium on Destruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina - May 1994
- Kosovo: latest information on destruction & damage to cultural & religious monuments
- Emergency Programme for the Protection of Vital Records in the Event of Armed Conflict - Expert Seminar organised by the International Council of Archives with UNESCO, held in the Department of Arts Management, City University, July 1997
- 1970 UNESCO Convention: - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Expert and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (14 November 1970)
- European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property: - (23 June 1995)
- Efforts to Protect Cultural Property Worldwide (United States Department of State) - with many links to stolen cultural property sites etc.
- Unidroit Convention on Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Property, Rome, 24 June 1995 - including definitions of different types of`cultural property'
- Security guidelines when using outside contractors (Museums Association, UK)
- Museum Security Risk Assessment - A 32 screen PowerPoint presentation on Risk Assessments skills for exhibit protection, developed by Clive Stevens for curators, conservators and security managers.
- Interpol - Cultural Property - News and Information on Stolen and Recovered Works of Art, plus Links page to other cultural property crime sites and resources
- Art Loss Register, London
- NATO Partnership for Peace Conference on Cultural Heritage Protection in Wartime, Krakow, Poland, 18 - 21 June 1996: Final Communiqué
- Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety Inc.: - Worldwide arts and theatre hazards information service, covering health and safety information, including news and advice on toxic materials and dangerous equipment; also health and safety educational materials
- Health and Safety Executive (UK)
- Hazards and Work On-line texts of over 60 advisory leaflets issued by the Health and Safety Executive (UK)
- Writing a Safety Policy Statement - On-line guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (UK)
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