International law and protection of cultural heritage of humankind

SUMMARY: International law and protection of cultural heritage of humankind The thesis deals with international legal regulation of the cultural heritage of humankind. The aim of this thesis is to find the answer to the question whether there is any effective legal regulation capable of protection of cultural sites, objects and monuments against the destruction and devastation and of their conservation for future generations at the international level. It will be concluded that many conventions with different scopes of protection provide insufficient legal tools and therefore contain an ineffective enforcement mechanism. On the other hand the inconvenience also stems from the unwillingness of states to join those conventions that are stronger in their requirements. Eternal trouble seems to be financing as well. The thesis consists of seven chapters. Fundamental chapter is titled International legal sources of cultural heritage protection and is divided into thirteen sections, each section analyses particular cultural heritage convention. The third chapter describes most influential subjects of international law that operate in the field of cultural heritage protection such as UNESCO, ICOMOS etc. The fourth chapter introduces main legal principles that are commonly used in cultural heritage treaties. The..