Abstract

On February 3rd and 4th of 2017, the Council of Europe, the Italian Ministry of Justice and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism organized the conference, "A new perspective on the protection of cultural property through criminal law", at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy to discuss the drafting and future implementation of the "Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property". The following is a summary report of the conference sessions, in addition to separate recommendations inspired by the conference contributions.