Papers of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, 18-20 November 2003, Hong Kong SAR, China.

The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage represents a major achievement with regard to ensuring protection of the great many items of cultural significance which lie beneath our oceans, despite the fact that several powerful maritime nations, including Russia and the U.S., remain opposed to it. 

However, its critical “Rules concerning Activities Directed at Underwater Cultural Heritage,” have set a standard to which many countries ascribe, notwithstanding their stance on the Convention itself.

Finishing the Interrupted Voyage, a new book from the Institute of Art and Law with UNESCO, brings together the papers from a conference held in the immediate wake of the Convention in 2003.  These papers demonstrate the challenges involved in implementing the Convention, not only for the Asian and Pacific regions, but also on a global scale. 

For more information, and to order your copy, go to the Institute of Art and Law website, a link which can be found on the top right of this page.