The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law

Francesco Francioni (Dr Juris Florence and LL.M Harvard) is Professor Emeritus of International Law at the European University Institute and Professor of International Cultural Heritage Law at LUISS University, Rome. He has published extensively in the field of international law and held the Chair of International Law at the University of Siena from 1980 to 2003. He was a visiting professor at the University of Texas, Austin, from 1987 to 2008 and has taught as a visiting professor at the Universities of Cornell, Oxford , Munich, and Columbia, NY. He is a legal consultant for UNESCO and has participated in the negotiation of the main treaties and protocols concerning the protection of cultural heritage of the past 25 years. In 1987 and 1988 he was President of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Ana Filipa Vrdoljak is UNESCO Chair in International Law and Cultural Heritage and Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney. She is a member of the Advisory Board, International Journal of Cultural Property (Cambridge University Press) and President of the International Cultural Property Society (U.S.). She has been Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, Marie Curie Fellow, and Jean Monnet Fellow, Law Department European University Institute, Florence, and taught as visiting professor at Renmin Law School, University of Parma and Central European University. She has served as a legal consultant to intergovernmental organisations (including UNESCO, European Commission and UNHCHR) and national governments. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Law), Bachelor of Law (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts (Hons)) from the University of Sydney.

1: Ana Filipa Vrdoljak and Francesco Francioni: Introduction
Part I: Historical Overview
2: Ana Filipa Vrdoljak and Lynn Meskell: The Intellectual Cooperation Organisation, UNESCO and Culture Conventions: A Historical Overview
Part II: Substantive Aspects
3: Roger O'Keefe: Cultural Heritage and International Humanitarian Law
4: Federico Lenzerini: Intentional Destruction of Heritage
5: Micaela Frulli: Cultural Heritage and International Criminal Law
6: James A. R. Nafziger: Cultural Heritage and the Responsibility to Protect
7: Giulio Bartolini: Cultural Heritage and Disasters
8: Ana Filipa Vrdoljak: Cultural Heritage, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law
9: Patty Gerstenblith: Theft and Illicit Excavation
10: Folarin Shyllon: Illicit Export, Import, and Transfer
11: Francesco Francioni: World Heritage
12: Amy Strecker: Landscapes as Cultural Heritage
13: Patrick J. O'Keefe: Underwater Cultural Heritage
14: Ben Boer: Cultural Heritage and the Environment
15: Janet Blake: Intangible Cultural Heritage
16: Bruno De Witte: Language as Cultural Heritage
17: Yvonne Donders: Cultural Heritage and Human Rights
18: Dalee Sambo Dorough and Siegfried Wiessner: Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Peoples
19: Joseph Powderly and Rafael Braga da Silva: Cultural Heritage and Women
20: Mira Burri: Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property
21: Valentina Vadi: Cultural Heritage and International Investment Law
22: Tania Voon: Cultural Heritage, Cultural Diversity, and International Trade Law
Part III: General International Law
23: Francesco Francioni: The Role of Custom and General Principles of International Law
24: Riccardo Pavoni: Cultural Heritage and State Immunity
25: Andrzej Jakubowski: Cultural Heritage and State Succession
26: Patrizia Vigni: Cultural Heritage and State Responsibility
27: Elisa Novic: Remedies
Part IV: Procedural and Institutional Aspects
28: Marc-André Renold: International Dispute Adjudication Mechanisms
29: Kurt Siehr: The Role of Domestic Courts
30: Alessandro Chechi: Alternative Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
31: Tullio Scovazzi: Institutional Aspects
32: Kristin Hausler: Participation of Non-state Actors
33: Manlio Frigo: Codes of Ethics
Part V: Regional Approaches
34: Folarin Shyllon: Africa
35: Keun-Gwan Lee: Asia
36: Craig Forrest and Jennifer Corrin: Oceania
37: Lucas Lixinski: Central and South America
38: Rachel Craufurd-Smith: Europe (EU and Council of Europe)
39: Morag M. Kersel and Mounir Bouchenaki: Middle East
40: Derek Fincham: North America