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The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage offers a much needed international legal framework for the protection of shipwrecks and other cultural remains located in international waters. However, at the time of its adoption in 2001, it failed to achieve the support of a powerful bloc of maritime States. While these States remain outside the regime, it cannot be truly...
In September 2002, the United Kingdom government entered into a 'partnering agreement' with an American marine exploration company for the recovery of gold from the historic British warship, HMS Sussex. The agreement deeply disturbed the archaeological world, not least because it appeared to fly in the face of principles enshrined in the recently adopted UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the...
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