Slovenian Cultural Heritage legislation as at July 2010
State party to international instruments
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1954 Hague Convention
1954 Hague Protocol
1999 Hague Protocol |
5 November 1992
5 November 1992
13 April 2004 |
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
5 November 1992
8 April 2004 |
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
5 November 1992 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
18 September 2008 |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
18 September 2008 |
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention |
18 December 2006 |
State party to regional instruments
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European Cultural Convention |
2 July 1992 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage |
2 July 1992 |
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European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property |
- |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised) |
7 May 1999 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
4 October 2000 |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
25 March 1998 |
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European Landscape Convention |
25 September 2003 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage |
- |
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Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society |
17 September 2008 |
Constitutional provisions
Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia 1991, as amended to 2003, Arts 5, 11, 39, 59, 61-65 and 73
National legislation
Exercising Public Interest in the Field of Culture Act 2002
Law on Public Usage of the Slovenian Language 2004
Cultural Heritage Protection Act 2008
Librarianship Act
Protection of Documents and Archives and Archival Institutions Act 2006
Law on the Return of Unlawfully Removed Objects of Cultural Heritage 2003
Law on Self-governing Ethnic Communities, 1994
Law on Implementation of Special Rights for Members of the Italian and Hungarian National Minorities in the Field of Education, 1982 (excerpts only)
Environment Protection Act 2004
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
Ministry of Culture, The Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Legislation (English)
Contact
National Council for Culture
Ministry of Culture
Maistrova 10
1000 Ljubljana
Email: nsk.mk(at)gov.si
Website: http://www.mk.gov.si/en/