Underwater Cultural Heritage: Regime and Jurisdiction Challenges

Abstract

The present paper focuses on international and national aspects of a legal regime of underwater cultural heritage and highlights peculiarities of States' jurisdiction towards discovered underwater archaeological values. Underwater cultural heritage legal regime correlates with regimes of maritime zones where objects in question are located or found. On these grounds, it is possible to

Underwater Cultural Heritage and Shipwreck Salvage and Removal: The Synergy of Legal Regimes

“…For example, in Ukraine, joining the WRC 2007 has been discussed for almost ten years (Government portal, 2014), but it has yet to happen. The 2001 UNESCO Convention on Ukraine has been in effect since 2009, but the implementing legal basis still requires development (Tsutskiridze et al, 2022). Norms regarding the removal of sunken ships are not provided for either in the Maritime Doctrine or in the Maritime Environmental Protection Strategy, which requires their revision and addition with the accession of Ukraine to the WRC 2007.…”