THIRD ALL ART AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW CONFERENCE

The Art-Law Centre and the UNESCO Chair in The International Law of the Protection of Cultural Heritage are proud to invite you to participate in the Third All Art and Cultural Heritage Law Conference. The purpose of this conference is to look at the concept of “national treasures” and to critically explore its meaning and impact on the regulation of the cross-border trade in cultural objects. Once again Geneva will become the “capital of the world” of art and cultural heritage law.

Participation is free but please register by 30 October 2018 at
art-droit@unige.ch

10:00	Registration
10:30	Welcome words Benedict Foëx, Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Geneva Foreword / Introduction Stephen Urice, Professor, School of Law, University of Miami Marc-André Renold, Director of the Art-Law Centre, UNESCO Chair, University of Geneva
	PANEL I – LEGAL PERSPECTIVE: RULES, NOTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS Chair: Alessandro Chechi, University of Geneva
10:50	Gabriele Gagliani, Bocconi University Article XX(f) of the GATT 1994 and Rules on Treaty Interpretation: Defining ‘National Treasures’ in International Trade Law
11:10	Anna Frankiewicz-Bodynek and Piotr Stec, Opole University Defining ‘National Treasures’ under the EU Directive on Return of Cultural Goods. Is Sky Really the Limit?
	Discussion and coffee break
11:50	Sabrina Ferrazzi, University of Verona EU National Treasures, Politics and the Role of the ECJ
12:10	Evelien Campfens, University of Leiden Whose Treasures? Limits to the Notion of ‘National Treasures’ and New Prospects
12:30	Edith Wagner, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg Regulation through Litigation. The Procedural Protection of National Treasures and the Potential of EU Civil Procedure to Regulate the Cross-Border Trade in Cultural Property
	Discussion and lunch break
	PANEL II – PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE: CASES FROM EUROPE AND BEYOND Chair: Kurt Siehr, Member of the board of the International Cultural Property Society
14:00	Derek Gillman, Drexel University The Old Summer Palace and the Making of National Treasures
14:20	Teodora Konach and Michaela Löff, University of Vienna How ‘National’ Are ‘National Treasures’? Comparative Analysis of Austrian, Czech and Polish Legislation
14:40	Arianna Visconti and Eliana Romanelli, Catholic University of Milan The Definition and Identification of Cultural Property under the Italian Code of Cultural Heritage in light of the Recent Reform on the Export of Cultural Goods: Closing the Gap with the EU Approach, or Cosmetics?
	Discussion and coffee break
15:40	Charlotte Woodhead, University of Warwick Tarnished Treasures: Provenance and the UK’s Waverly Criteria
16:00	Ramatu Musa, University of Lucerne The Sapi-Portuguese Ivories as ‘National Treasures’ of the Republic of Sierra Leone: A Moral Case for Repatriation
16:20	Riccardo Vecellio Segate, Utrecht University Treasures and Heritage under the TFEU: The Case of Music Legacy
16:40	Marc-André Renold, Alessandro Chechi and Stephen Urice Conclusions