A collection of legal texts on the subject of cultural heritage, produced by the Council of Europe (CoE). Includes the European Cultural Convention of 1955, accompanied by declarations, recommendations and guidelines. The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production and the European Convention for the Protection of the Audio-visual Heritage are also available. Other texts on the site include the Arc-et-Senans Declaration on the future of cultural development (1972), the European Declaration on cultural objectives (1984), the Florence Declaration on Culture and regions (1987), and the Declaration on cultural diversity (2000); recommendations include the Recommendation on cinema for children and adolescents and the Recommendation on a European policy on access to archives. Guidelines advise on topics such as library legislation, public access to and freedom of expression in networked information, and cultural work within the information society. All the texts are available in French and English. The site also offers a Glossary of Juridical Terms used in CoE texts.
Reference Texts: Culture and Cultural Heritage
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