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Article 17: International Cooperation in Situations of Serious Threat to Cultural Expressions

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Article 17 is one of the international cooperation tools allowed by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (hereinafter “the Convention”). It deals with special cooperation with developing countries, but aims at promoting assistance between all Parties to the Convention, independently from their level of economic development.

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  1. 1.

    See comment on Article 8 by Lilian Richieri Hanania/Hélène Ruiz Fabri.

  2. 2.

    For an analysis of both articles together, see Bernier, I. (2009). Cultural expressions under threat in the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. http://www.fd.ulaval.ca/sites/default/files/recherche/expr_cult_menacees_english.pdf; see also, Throsby, D. (2008). Vulnerability and threat: insights for the future implementation of Article 8. UNESCO Doc. CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.3 of 14 April 2008; Richieri Hanania, L., & Ruiz Fabri, H (2012). The 2005 UNESCO Convention and International Cooperation on Development. In T. Kono et al. (Eds), The UNESCO Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Antwerpen: Intersentia; Ruiz Fabri, H. (2007). Culture seized by globalization: can international law be of any help? Reflections on possible future legal implications of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In H. Neuhold et al. (Eds), The law of international relations: liber amicorum Hanspeter Neuhold (pp. 325–344). Utrecht: Eleven International Publishing; Ruiz Fabri, H. (2009). Games within fragmentation: The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In S. Joseph (Ed.), WTO and human rights: an interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 191–220). The Lypiatts: Edward Elgar Publishing; and Richieri Hanania, L. (2009) Diversité culturelle et droit international du commerce. Paris: CERIC/La Documentation française.

  3. 3.

    See comment on Article 12 by Robert Palmer/Kathrin Merkle.

  4. 4.

    Emphasis added.

  5. 5.

    See comment on Article 8 by Lilian Richieri Hanania/Hélène Ruiz Fabri, especially Sect. 3.1 (Diagnosis).

  6. 6.

    UNESCO Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials adopted on 15 June 1950.

  7. 7.

    UNESCO Doc. CLT/CPD/2005/CONF.203/6—Add. of 29 April 2005.

  8. 8.

    UNESCO Doc. CLT/CPD/2005/CONF.203/6 of 3 March 2005, Appendix 1.

  9. 9.

    UNESCO Doc. CLT/CPD/2005/CONF.203/6 of 3 March 2005, Appendix 1, p. 32, fn. 12.

  10. 10.

    UNESCO Doc. CLT/CPD/2005/CONF.203/6 of 3 March 2005, Appendix 1, p. 32, fn. 12.

  11. 11.

    Emphasis added.

  12. 12.

    UNESCO Doc. CLT/CPD/2005/CONF.203/6—Add. of 29 April 2005.

  13. 13.

    See comment on Article 8 by Lilian Richieri Hanania/Hélène Ruiz Fabri.

  14. 14.

    UNESCO Doc. CLT/CPD/2005/CONF.203/6—Add. of 29 April 2005, p. 2.

  15. 15.

    UNESCO Doc. CE/09/2.EXT.IGC/208/Dec. of 25 March 2009.

  16. 16.

    See comment on Article 23 by Roland Bernecker.

References

  • Bernier, I. (2009). Cultural expressions under threat in the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. http://www.diversite-culturelle.qc.ca/fileadmin/documents/pdf/Cultural_Expressions_under_Threat.pdf.

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Hanania, L.R., Fabri, H.R. (2012). Article 17: International Cooperation in Situations of Serious Threat to Cultural Expressions. In: von Schorlemer, S., Stoll, PT. (eds) The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25995-1_19

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