Text of the UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (Rome, 1995) , French

Unofficial translations:

• Arabic language version prepared by the UNESCO Iraq Bureau
• Chinese language version prepared by UNESCO
• Dutch language version prepared by the Belgian Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs
• German language version prepared by the Swiss Federal Office for Culture
• Greek language version
• Italian language version
• Russian language version prepared by UNESCO
• Spanish language version authorised by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
• Swedish language version prepared by the Ministry of Culture
• Vietnamese language version

Status of the UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects - Signatures, Ratifications, Accessions

How to become a Party to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects

Acts and Proceedings of the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft UNIDROIT Convention on the International Return of Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, Rome, 7 to 24 June 1995

Explanatory Report on the UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects French , Arabic (translation prepared by the UNESCO Iraq Bureau).

Preparatory work

Information note to facilitate the understanding of the complementarity between, and the functioning of, the 1970 UNESCO Convention and the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001399/139969E.pdf]

Useful link: UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database