PROTECTING THE UNDERWATER CULTURAL-HERITAGE - THE INTERNATIONAL-LAW ASSOCIATION DRAFT CONVENTION

In 1994 the International Law Association forwarded to UNESCO for cons ideration a draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultu ral Heritage, Among other matters, this attempts to deal with the comp lex jurisdictional issues inherent in protection of the heritage beyon d the territorial sea-issues raised but not satisfactorily solved by t he United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, A ''Charter f or the Protection and Management of the Underwater Cultural Heritage'' prepared by the International Council on Monuments and Sites is annex ed to the Draft Convention, This sets out the archaeological principle s applicable to dealings with sites on the seabed. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.