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CoE depositary to the Declaration on Jurisdictional Immunities of State Owned Cultural Property

Authentic texts of the Declarations signed by competent representatives of the 9 countries - Czech Republic, Austria, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Albania, Georgia, Slovakia and the Netherlands - have been transmitted to the Sekretariat of the Council of Europe.

This Declaration was elaborated as a legally non-binding document, reaffirming the rule of customary international law which implies that State-owned cultural property on public display in another State is protected against any form of seizure. The signatories of the Declaration also reaffirm their commitment to this rule of customary international law on State-owned cultural property in relation to any dispute that may arise in connection with cross-border loans of such property intended for public display.

The above-mentioned rule of customary international law has been already codified in the 2004 United Nation Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, nevertheless this Convention has not entered into force yet.

It is expected that other European countries will join this Declaration in the near future. Authentic texts may now be transmitted directly to the depositary.

As of December 2018, there have been 20 signatories to the Declaration.