Illicit Antiquities
Research Centre
against the theft & traffic
of archaeology

International conventions

Illicit trade in antiquities will be suppressed only by international co-operation. There are at present several international conventions which together provide a framework to support such co-operation. Two of the most important are the 1970 UNESCO convention and the 1995 Unidroit convention.

• Click on a flag to find out more about these conventions in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

• Translations were part-funded by ArcheoNet

Last updated September 2006