for the Compendium of Legal Acts of the Council of
The present Compendium is a first
Russian specialised edition of normative and legal acts, adopted under the
aegis of the Council of Europe, in the sphere of protection of cultural
heritage of the peoples of
The compilation has been prepared by
a team of professionals under the edition by Sergey N. Molchanov with
co-ordination of the SPC on Protection of Monuments of History and Culture of Sverdlovskaya Oblast (Yuri P. Litvinenko)
and with participation of Department for All-European Co-operation of Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Russia, and also of Department for Cultural Heritage of
the Council of Europe and "Konsultant-Plus"
firm.
It is intended, in the first place,
for professionals working in the sphere of protection of cultural values –
archeologists, architects, analysts, decision makers, historians, art
historians, museum workers, politicians, lawyers and will be quite helpful to
all professionals and amateurs, interested and involved in the sphere of
protection of monuments of cultural heritage.
This Compendium is based on
institutional and chronological principle. It contains international treaties,
then - declarations, resolutions, charters and recommendations of the Committee
of Ministers, recommendations of the Consultative – Parliamentary Assembly,
materials of ministerial conferences and other relevant documents, covering the
period from 1954 to 2000.
Taking into account that the law of
the Council of Europe has not yet practically become a part of University
course on European Law and its sources are still almost unknown to a wide range
of practitioners and amateurs, the present edition can be also very helpful for
theoreticians and practitioners in cultural sphere.
S.Yu. Kashkin
Director for Chair of European Union
Law
of the
Doctor of Law, Professor
(Translation from Russian language)