List of the international instruments directly and indirectly relating to museums and collections:

• Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954), and its two Protocols (1954 and 1999)
• Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970)
• Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (1992);
• UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (1995)
• Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001)
• Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003)
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
• Recommendation on International Principles Applicable to Archaeological Excavations (UNESCO, 1956)
• Recommendation concerning the Most Effective Means of Rendering Museums Accessible to Everyone
• (UNESCO, 1960)
• Recommendation on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Export, Import and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (UNESCO, 1964)
• Recommendation concerning the Protection, at National Level, of the Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO, 1972)
• Recommendation concerning the International Exchange of Cultural Property (UNESCO, 1976)
• Recommendation for the Protection of Movable Cultural Property (UNESCO, 1978)
• Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore (UNESCO, 1989)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• UNESCO Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Cooperation (1966)
• UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)
• UNESCO Declaration concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage (2003)
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)

Pedro Pereira Leite

Researcher and professor. He had his PhD. on museology in 2011, with the title “Muss-amb-ike Homeland: The commitment on musicological process”, that was published in 2011. In 2012 he finishes a Post-PhD Research on "Biographical Glances: The intersubjectivity poetry on museology, at Lusófona University (Lisbon). Presently he is working in his Post PhD. Research about: “Global Heritages" with the aims to build a network on local cognizance and memory manager has a tool to build the will of action in 3 different communities, linked by past communed heritages.” He works at CES. He participates on different Research network, presented papers in national and international conferences, and had published books on research subjects.

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