A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY THROUGH CRIMINAL LAW

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International seminar organised by the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
in co-operation with the Council of Europe and
under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Justice
and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROTECTION
OF CULTURAL PROPERTY THROUGH CRIMINAL LAW

Lucca, Italy - February 3/4, 2017

PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROGRAMME

Friday afternoon - February 3, 2017

2:00 pm – Registration of participants

2:30 pm – Opening

Welcome remarks

  • Pietro Pietrini, Director, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
  • Arturo Lattanzi, President, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca
  • Alessandro Tambellini, Mayor of Lucca
  • Philippe Boillat, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

SESSION 1
THE NEW COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Overview of the ongoing work on a new Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property

Coordinator: Lorenzo Casini, Professor of Administrative Law, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Speakers:

  • Hans-Holger Herrnfeld, Chair of the Committee on Offences Relating to Cultural Property (PC-IBC), Council Of Europe
  • Alessandro Chechi, University of Geneva
  • Marie Pfammatter, University of Geneva

4:00 pm – Coffee-break

SESSION 2
THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE

Round table

Coordinator: Lorenzo Casini, Professor of Administrative Law, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Speakers:

  • Stefano Manacorda, Professor of Criminal Law, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • Tullio Scovazzi Professor of International Law, University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Derek Fincham, Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
  • Fabrizio Parrulli, Commander for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Carabinieri
  • Arroyo Zapatero, President, Société Internationale de Défense Sociale
  • Carla Barbati, Vice-President, Italian National University Council (CUN) 

Saturday morning - February 4, 2017

9:30 am – Registration of participants

10:00 am – Opening

Welcome remarks

  • Pietro Pietrini, Director, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
  • Dario Franceschini, Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism

SESSION 3
THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY: A "LONG AND WINDING ROAD"?

The international legal framework and the national experience of three States of the Council of Europe

Coordinator: Maria Luisa Catoni, Professor of Ancient Art History and Archaeology, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Speakers:

  • Veronique Dauge, Representative of UNESCO
  • Celso Coracini, Representative of UNOCD
  • Robert Peters, German Delegate, Committee on Offences Relating to Cultural Property (PC-IBC), Council Of Europe (TBC)
  • Athina Chanaki, Greek Delegate, Committee on Offences Relating to Cultural Property (PC-IBC), Council Of Europe
  • Claire Chastanier, French Delegate, Committee on Offences Relating to Cultural Property (PC-IBC), Council Of Europe (TBC)

11:15 am – Coffee-break

SESSION 4
THE CIRCULATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY: BEST AND WORST PRACTICES

Round table

Coordinator: Giovanni Melillo, Chief of Cabinet of the Italian Ministry of Justice

Speakers:

  • Samir Hammoud, Prosecutor General of the Lebanon's Court of Cassation (TBC)
  • Eike Schmidt, Director, Uffizi Gallery
  • Mariolina Bassetti, Chairman, Christie's Italy
  • Paola Severino, Rector, LUISS Guido Carli University
  • Salvatore Settis, Professor Emeritus of the Scuola Normale Superiore (TBC)

Conclusions

  • Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
  • Andrea Orlando, Italian Minister of Justice