The impact of the UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions and the EU directives on the international art market: an analysis fifty years after the introduction of the obligation to return stolen or illegally exported cultural goods

Autores/as

  • Geo Magri Università dell'Insubria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5102/rdi.v17i3.6909

Palabras clave:

cultural heritage, cultural property, good faith, restitution, return, UNESCO, UNIDROIT

Resumen

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between international conventions and European Union law on the restitution of cultural goods, highlighting how the adoption of rules on this matter has produced a real change of mentality in the international community, which is now much more careful in monitoring the lawful movement of cultural goods. The effects of such a change of mentality are evident: museums today are much more careful in verifying the origin of the objects they buy and are more inclined to return the items that are part of their collections, but that have been illegally exported from their country of origin; moreover, the ICOM has adopted a code of ethics to ensure the transparency of acquisitions. Merchants and collectors have also begun to promote a serious reflection on their role as guarantors in the conservation of cultural heritage.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Geo Magri, Università dell'Insubria
    Geo Magri, former researcher at the European Legal Studies Institute at the University of Osnabrück, has gained solid experience in projects concerning the harmonization of European private law, also providing advice to the European Parliament and the European Commission. His research activity has focused, in particular, on consumer law, property and rights in rem, cultural goods, entertainment law and limitation. Formerly Vice-President of the Internationale Juristenvereingung, he is a member of several scientific associations, including the Association Henri Capitant and the Deutsch-Italienische Juristenvereinigung. He has lectured in Italy, Germany and Poland and is author of four monographs and more than fifty minor essays published in Italian, English and German. Gastwissenschaftler (Sommersemester 2019) at the European Legal Studies Institute of the University of Osnabrück, he is the Italian referent for the international project Gemeineuropäisches Personenrecht coordinated by Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Christian von Bar and financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Individual partner of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention Academic Project and arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA) in The Hague (The Netherlands). He is currently a Assistant professor of private law at the Law Department of the University of Insubria.

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Publicado

2021-04-20

Número

Vol. 17 Núm. 3 (2020): Art Law and Cultural Heritage Law / Direito da Arte e do Patrimônio Cultural

Sección

Panorama Geral sobre o Direito da Arte e do Patrimônio Cultural

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The impact of the UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions and the EU directives on the international art market: an analysis fifty years after the introduction of the obligation to return stolen or illegally exported cultural goods. (2021). Brazilian Journal of International Law, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.5102/rdi.v17i3.6909