International Symposium on the Frontier Issues of Cultural Heritage Law

Agenda 

Time：24-25 October,2019

Venue：Renmin Law School, Beijing

09:00-09:40    Opening Ceremony 

Address by the President of Renmin University of China

Address by LUO Jing (Head of Museums and Social Relics Department of National Cultural Heritage Administration)

Address by Florent GARNIER (Professor of Toulouse 1 Capitole University)

Address by DU Huanfang (Vice Dean of Renmin Law School)

October 24

Laws and Policies for the Return of Cultural Property Taken during the Colonial Control or Foreign Invasion (19th ~ mid-20th Century)

09:40-11:00   Disputes of Legal Principle on the Return of Cultural Property

Chairperson: ZHU Bing (Former Director, Culture Department, Educational, Cultural and Health Commission of National People’s Congress)

Commentator: GUO Yujun (Professor, Law School, Wuhan University)

Speakers：

Piotr STEC (Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Opole): Is Righting (Cultural) Wrongs always Right? Or, the Limits of Restitution

Alicja JAGIELSKA-BURDUK (Ph.D., Assistant professor, Holder of UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Opole): The Cultural Heritage Loss - Responsive Law Paradigm

HSU Yao-Ming (Professor, College of Law, Taiwan Cheng-Chi University): Global Governance for Cultural Heritage: Balanced Protection between Trading Cultural Property and Its Restitution

11:00-11:10    Break

11:10-12:30   The Return of Colonial Cultural Property

Chairperson: HE Shuzhong (Inspector, Policy and Regulation Department, National Cultural Heritage Administration)

Commentator: LEE Keun-Gwan (Professor, Faculty of Law, Seoul National University, Korea)

Speakers：

Ana Filipa VRDOLJAK (Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Holder of UNESCO Chair in International Law and Cultural Heritage): International Law, Decolonization and Cultural Heritage

Florent GARNIER (Professor, Toulouse 1 Capitole University, CTHDIP): Restitution of Displaced Cultural Property: An Unresolved Patrimonial Question, a Legal Solution to be Found

Sophie VIGNERON (Reader, Law School, University of Kent): Identifying the Authorized Heritage Discourse in Policies for the Repatriation of Human Remains in France and England

12:30-14:00     Lunch

14:00-15:50    The Return of Looted Cultural Property in Asia and Europe During World War II

Chairperson: SHI Jiayou (Professor, Law School, Renmin University of China)

Commentator: Awi Mona [TSAI chihwei] (Associate Professor, Department of Law, Taiwan Dong Hwa University)

Speakers：

Matthieu POUMAREDE (Professor, Toulouse 1 Capitole University, IEJUC): The Works of art Listed in the “Musées nationaux recuperation” Directory: from Public Property to Detention Awaiting Restitution

LI Yuxue (Researcher, Institute of Science of Law and Sociology, Chongqing Academy of Social Sciences): Research on the Legal Solution to the Dispute of Returning the Lost Cultural Relics from World War II

BI Jingwei (Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology): On the Problem of Prescription in the Restitution of Cultural Property: Taking the Gurlitt-Case as an Example

LIU Hao (Ph.D., National Museum of China, Postdoctoral researcher at Beijing Normal University): The Recovery of Looted Cultural Objects from Japan: A Chinese Perspective

ZHANG Yadong (Ph.D. Candidate, Law School, Renmin University of China): Evolution of the Customary International law on the Cultural Property Plundered in Wars

15:50-16:00    Break

16:00-17:40     ADR Methods on the Return of Cultural Property

Chairperson: Ana Filipa VRDOLJAK (Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney)

Commentator: ZHONG Hui (Assistant Professor, Xiamen University)

Speakers:

LI Weifang (Professor, Dean, School of International Law, East China University of Political Science and Law): Discussion on the Diversified Ways of Promoting the Return of Cultural Relics---Taking the Example of Zhaoling Two Steeds in China Tang Dynasty

HUANG Wei (Associate Professor, International Law in Wuhan University China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies [WHU-CIBOS]): Research on the Return and Restitution Mechanism of ICPRCP

YU Meng (Postdoctoral fellow, China University of Political Science and Law): Approaches to the Recovery of Chinese Cultural Objects Lost Overseas: A Case Study from 1949 to 2018

LI Yuan (Ph.D. Candidate, Law School, Renmin University of China): The Approaches of the Restitution of Chinese Cultural Relics Lost in the United States

18:00   Dinner

October 25

New Development Trend of Cultural Heritage Law in China and France

09:00-10:40  Relationship Between Intellectual Property Protection and the Use and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage

 Chairperson: LI Weifang (Professor, Dean, School of International Law, East China University of Political Science and Law)

Commentator: JIN Haijun (Professor, Law School, Renmin University of China)

Speakers:

Alexandra MENDOZA-CAMINADE (Professor, Vice-president, Toulouse 1 Capitole University, CDA): Heritage and Environment: The Laborious Articulation of the Protection of Biodiversity and Intellectual Property Right

HSIEH Yinling (Ph.D., Adjunct professor, Shanghai University of International Business and Economic): The Study on the Inheritance of Cultural Heritage--Based on the Theory of Intellectual Property Protection

YIN Lun (Ph.D., Researcher of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences): Comparative Research on the Legal System of Access and Benefit Sharing from Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Sino-France

TANG Haiqing (Professor, Law School, Guiyang University): On the Copyright Protection of the Derivative Works of Folklore and Its Right Boundary: Thinking Based on Relevant Judicial Precedents

10：40-10：50   Break

10:50-12:15   Legal Innovation of Cultural Heritage Protection Under the Sustainable Development Goals

Chairperson: Florent GARNIER (Professor, Toulouse 1 Capitole University, CTHDIP):

Commentator: HSU Yao-Ming (Professor, College of Law, Taiwan Cheng-Chi University)

Speakers:

Awi Mona [TSAI chihwei] (Associate Professor, Department of Law, Taiwan Dong Hwa University): Self-governance and Cultural Reconstruction: Rights-based Approach on Indigenous Cultural Heritage Law

WANG Yan (Ph.D. candidate, Institute of International Law, Wuhan University): The Legislative Evolution and Characteristics of French Cultural Heritage Protection as well as Its Enlightenment to China

HU Shanchen (Postdoctoral researcher, National Heritage Center, Tsinghua University): Legal Thinking on the Utilization of Cultural Relics under the Sustainable Development Concept: in the View of the Revision of Cultural Heritage Law in China and in France

12:15-14:00   Lunch

14:00-15:20  Legislative Response to the Cultural Heritage Protection in the Context of Urbanization and the Environment Protection

Chairperson: Alexandra MENDOZA-CAMINADE (Professor, Vice President, Toulouse 1 Capitole University)

Commentator: ZHAO Zhiyong (Lecturer, East China University of Political Science and Law, Ph.D in law at Université Clermont-Auvergne)

Speakers:

Pierre-Alain COLLOT (Professor, Institut Universitaire National Champollion, GREJA-Institut Maurice Hauriou): Enhancement of Immovable Cultural Heritage and Urban Planning Law: Some Evolutions since the Law of July 7, 2016 Relating to the Freedom of Creation, Architecture and Heritage

DENG Xia (Qingdao University of Technology): Legal Principles of the Adaptive Reuse of Immovable Cultural Relics in Urban Development

Wang Yi (Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural Heritage School, Northwestern University [China]; associate researcher of the Institute of Cultural Heritage, Zhejiang University): The Current Condition and Suggestions for China’s Legal System of Urban Cultural Heritage Protection and Use

15:20—15:30   Break

15:30—17:30   Financial Guarantee for Cultural Heritage Protection

Chairperson: Sophie VIGNERON (Reader, Law School, Kent University)

Commentator: TIAN Yan (Professor, Law School, Minzu University of China)

Speakers：

CHEN Szu-Ting (Associate professor, Taiwan Cheng Kung University): Establishing the Legal Environment of Trust for Cultural Heritage— Experience of Taiwan

CHANG Xin (Lecturer, School of Economic Law, Northwest University of Political Science and Law): Preliminary Study on the Insurance of Immovable Cultural Heritages

ZHANG Shunxi (Ph.D., Assistant researcher, Huzhou University): Dilemma and Reform of the Financial Mechanism of Cultural Heritage Protecting and Utilizing

ZHANG Rui (Ph.D. Candidate of Renmin University of China, Lecturer of Ningxia University): Analysis and Prospect of Charitable Trust in China's Cultural Heritage Protection

Izabel Vicente Izidoro da NOBREG (Master in economic law, Université Fédérale de Paraíba): The Protection and Promotion of Cultural Heritage by French and Brazilian Court of Auditor

17:30—17:45 Concludng Remarks

WANG Yunxia (Professor, Director, Institute of Cultural Heritage Law, Law School, Renmin University of China)