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4 Crim. L.F. 213 (1993)
The United Nations Model Treaty on Crimes against Cultural Property

handle is hein.journals/crimlfm4 and id is 213 raw text is: Vol. 4 No. 1 (1993) Developments in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice THE UNITED NATIONS MODEL TREATY ON CRIMES AGAINST CULTURAL PROPERTY Robert K Paterson* The Model Treaty for the Prevention of Crimes That Infringe on the Cultural Heritage of Peoples in the Form of Movable Property (UN Model Treaty) was one of several model treaties concerning international cooperation in criminal matters approved at the Seventh and Eighth United Nations Congresses on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, in 1985 and 1990, respectively.' The preamble to the UN Model Treaty recommends that it form the framework for the negotiation of bilateral agreements between states.' This note briefly examines the likely effectiveness of the UN Model Treaty as a basis for such bilateral cooperation in matters related to cultural property and, in Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; LL.B., Victoria University of Wellington 1969; J.S.M., Stanford University 1972. For a discussion of these model treaties, see Roger S. Clark, Crime: The UN Agenda on International Cooperation in the Criminal Process, 15 Nova L. Rev. 475 (1991). 2 Model Treaty for the Prevention of Crimes That Infringe on the Cultural Heritage of Peoples in the Form of Movable Property, Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, 27August-7 September 1990: Report Prepared by the Secretariat 103, U.N. Doc. AlCONF.144128/Rev.1, U.N. Sales No. E.91.IV.2 (1991) [hereinafter UN Model Treaty]. 213

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