Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
UNESCO
About this course:
Welcome to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on preventing illicit trafficking of cultural property. Comprising six modules, the MOOC had been adapted from the UNESCO Specialized Capacity Building Curricula on Fighting against the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property, as well as from the learning materials jointly developed by the EU and UNESCO “Fighting the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property. A Toolkit for European Judiciary and Law Enforcement”. Its purpose is to share content for a wide variety of stakeholders, from cultural heritage professionals to the judiciary and law-enforcement.
Structured into several modules, the course explores a series of key elements:
- International legal frameworks addressing cultural property crimes
- Criminal behaviour targeting archaeological sites and museums, particularly in conflict or post-conflict settings with fragile security
- Practical tools to effectively safeguard cultural heritage
Requirements
No special requirements are necessary.
Whether you are a police officer working to stop organized crime, a state attorney, a prosecutor, a judge, or a museum or heritage professional safeguarding the past, or a member of civil society, the protection of cultural property concerns you.
Join us and become part of a growing global effort to protect cultural heritage – for justice, for knowledge, and for the generations to come.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand key international frameworks relating to cultural heritage protection (conventions, regulations, legal instruments)
- Identify the main strategies and techniques used to reinforce the protection of cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Better understand how combatting illicit trafficking of cultural property helps prevent money laundering and organised crime
- Explore how new technologies can be leveraged to combat the illicit trade of cultural property, including on the Internet
- Understand the necessity and dynamics of inter-agency and cross-border cooperation
- Become familiar with the tools and campaigns to foster public awareness and promote the protection of movable cultural property