Publications

2023/11/18 14:14:41

Cultural Heritage Rights and Rights Related to Cultural Heritage: A Review of the Cultural Heritage Rights System

DING Guangyu, ‘Cultural Heritage Rights and Rights Related to Cultural Heritage: A Review of the Cultural Heritage Rights System’, Santander Art and Culture Law Review 2/2023 (9): 167-190. DOI: 10.4467/2450050XSNR.23.027.18647

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2023/11/18 13:59:26

Rule of Law Ensures the Inheritance and Development of Outstanding Traditional Culture

Published in the "Legal Daily" on November 6, 2023(04). Author: Wang Yunxia, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Law School of Renmin University of China, Director of the Institute of Cultural Heritage Law at the Law School of Renmin University of China, and holder of the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Law.

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2023/11/11 13:58:29

Four Highlights of the Draft Revision to the Cultural Relics Protection Law

On October 25th 2023, the "Draft Revision to the Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the 'Draft Revision')", which was initially reviewed at the sixth session of the 14th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, was made public to solicit opinions from society.

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2022/02/20 16:18:55

Protection of ownership of stolen excavated cultural relics--Comments on the case of Tianshui Chengji Museum

Since 2018, the Tianshui Chengji Museum has been charged with concealing the proceeds of crime by purchasing excavated cultural relics from tomb robbers, which has drawn wide attention from the cultural relics and museum circles. In this case, the ownership protection of the cultural relics involved in this case deserves further attention.

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2021/07/01 16:24:24

The Way Home for Looted Cultural Properties: Legal and Ethical Issues in the return of Looted Cultural Relics from World War II

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the plundering of cultural properties by the Axis powers against the Allies during World War II and the legal difficulties of return of them after wars and nowadays. It goes on to summarize the legal and practical experience of European and American countries in the return of Nazi-looted arts since the Cold War. The book concludes with an analysis of the practical difficulties and possible paths for China to recover cultural objects from Japan, which has strong practical significance.

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Systemic Protection of the Beijing Central Axis Cultural Heritage Shall be Support by the Rule of Law

Originally published in the "Rule of Law Daily" on August 19, 2024, Edition 04, with the title "Providing Legal Support for Systemic Protection of Cultural Heritage." The title and text have been slightly modified when reposted. Author: Hu Shanchen, the researcher at the Research Center for Cultural Law and Human Rights at Minzu University of China, and the member of the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Law.