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Preventive Measures in the Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property: An Overview

Publication date: 26.06.2019

Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2018, 2/2018 (4), pp. 121 - 142

https://doi.org/10.4467/2450050XSNR.18.021.10375

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Elisabetta Mottese
Università degli Studi di Catania Law Department Via Crociferi, 81 95124 Catania, Italy
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Preventive Measures in the Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property: An Overview

Abstract

The Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property (2017) includes relevant provisions on preventive actions to be implemented by States Parties in order to achieve stronger cooperation under the purpose and within the scope of the treaty. This article focuses on the increasing importance of preventive measures for the protection of cultural property against transnational criminality, both at the domestic and international levels. It scrutinizes the most relevant treaty norms related to preventive and other administrative measures (Chapter IV) to be taken by States Parties by coordinating various activities and precautionary mechanisms for the protection of cultural property, in accordance with the ultima ratio principle governing the application of criminal law and criminal sanctions. By adopting and applying risk-preparedness tools, States can focus their efforts in the field of cultural property protection in a most effective and efficient way.

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Information: Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2018, 2/2018 (4), pp. 121 - 142

Article type: Original article

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Preventive Measures in the Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property: An Overview

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Preventive Measures in the Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property: An Overview

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Università degli Studi di Catania Law Department Via Crociferi, 81 95124 Catania, Italy

Published at: 26.06.2019

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