Review article

From difference to convergence: A comparative analysis of the development of the legal protection of the underwater cultural heritage in China and the 2001 convention

Lina Liu ; School of Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Kina
Shuguang Liu ; National Conservation Center for Underwater Cultural Heritage, Kina

Abstract

The article begins by giving an overview of the Chinese perspective and then goes on
to analyse various elements of the 2001 UNESCO Convention. It then explores potential
amendments that would be needed in the relevant Chinese domestic legislation.
Basically, the authors present a review of existing international documentation and
then they consider their domestic case.

Keywords

underwater cultural heritage (UCH); priciple of sovereign immunity of states; principle of non-commercial exploitation of the UCH; the UCH international database; ''Coordinating State''

Hrčak ID:

116704

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/116704

Publication date:

10.12.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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