Call for Papers

‘Terrorism, Non-International Armed Conflicts

& the Protection of Cultural Heritage’

Only a few years after the UNESCO Declaration Concerning the Intentional
Destruction of Cultural Heritage and the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague
Convention, cultural heritage in various regions of the world is facing new
threats. They essentially concern armed conflicts of a non-international nature
and acts of terrorism affecting human communities and their cultural heritage
from sub-Saharan Africa to Eastern Europe. The images of destruction and
pillage of many cultural sites, including those which enjoy protected status
under the World Heritage Convention, have outraged the international
community. Moreover, a renewed series of recently published reports has
connected the looting of antiquities, or more precisely, illicit excavations, to
terrorism. In particular, there is credible evidence that trafficking in looted
artefacts plays a significant role in the funding of ISIL. According to a 2013 BBC
report, from Syria alone, an estimated USD 2 billion in antiquities has already
been smuggled out. In response to such a worsening situation, various legal
and technical measures aimed at preventing the international circulation of
‘blood antiquities’ are now being discussed. These include global initiatives by
UNESCO and various UN bodies (including UNGA), regional summits (e.g. EU-
Africa) and national legislative initiatives such as a bill introduced in the US
Congress in November 2014, designed to protect and preserve international
cultural property at risk of destruction as a result of political instability and
armed conflict.

Considering these developments, Santander Art and Culture Law Review is

pleased to invite contributions to its second issue of 2015 which will deal with
the role of international law in the protection of cultural heritage in the event of
non-international conflicts and terrorism. Emerging as well as young scholars
and practitioners are encouraged to contribute.

Manuscripts may include theoretical studies or selected case analyses focusing,

but not limited to:
 De facto regimes, recognition and the protection of cultural heritage;
 War against terrorism and the protection of cultural heritage;
 Cultural genocide;

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  State responsibility;
 Individual criminal responsibility;
 Military necessity and the protection of cultural heritage;
 The role of international organisations in protecting cultural heritage
affected by non-international conflicts and terrorism;
 Illicit excavations and the international circulation of archaeological
objects;
 Money laundering, cultural objects and terrorism;
 International cooperation, including the exchange of information, digital
services, online databases;
 Safe havens.

The deadline for submission of manuscripts is June 30, 2015. Decision letters
will be provided to author(s) by August 15, 2015. We expect to publish the
issue in autumn, 2015.
More information at
<http://www.artandculturelaw.ukw.edu.pl/jednostka/art_and_culture/submissio
n>.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically by either using a storage device

or via e-mail – saaclr@ukw.edu.pl in .doc format, and shall not exceed 40 000
characters including spaces and footnotes. A longer article may be accepted
only by arrangement with the Editors.
More information concerning guidelines for authors and editorial rules are
available at:
<http://www.artandculturelaw.ukw.edu.pl/jednostka/art_and_culture/standards
_for_authors>.

The Santander Art and Culture Law Review is a new peer-reviewed bi-annual journal
focused on various points of contact/ the interface between law, culture and cultural
heritage. The journal is run by the Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz, Poland,
within a project implemented by an individual grant offered by Santander Group:
Creating and managing an interdisciplinary legal journal dealing with culture- related
issues, each odd-numbered issue of the journal is published in Polish and each even-
numbered issue in English. In order to internationalise the discussions, the papers
published in the Polish issues should include the summary and key words written in
English. In the future, two new sections will be added, i.e. doctoral students’ debuts
and an overview of judicial decisions.

The Editorial Board strives to achieve the highest possible quality of publications. The
list of reviewers will be published once a year on the journal’s website. The criteria for
the acceptance or disqualification of texts for publication as well as the review
questionnaire are brought to public attention on the journal’s website. Each issue
contains a declaration of the Editorial Board on which version of the scientific journal
will be the issue of primary reference. The on-line version will be available in the KWU
archives as well as in the CEJSH database containing unabridged texts.

http://www.artandculturelaw.ukw.edu.pl/jednostka/art_and_culture.