CONVENTIONS, CHARTERS, POLICY DOCUMENTS, AND GUIDELINES
Carta sulla Destinazione d’Uso degli Antichi Edifici Ecclesiastici / Charte sur l’Utilisation des Anciens Bâtiments Ecclésiastiques. Pontificia Commissione Centrale per l’Arte Sacra in Italia, 26 October 1987, Rome. See Arte Cristiana, LXXV, 723, 11-12: 410-412.
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. UNESCO, 1972.
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. UNESCO, 2003.
Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society. Faro, 27 October 2005.
Council of Europe Report from the Commission for Culture and Education on Redundant Church Buildings (incomplete). Includes the 1989 Draft Resolution (in French and in English) along with the 1989 Draft resolution – Projet de résolution
Decommissioning and Ecclesial Reuse of Churches. Guidelines. Pontificium Consilium di Cultura, Vatican, 17 December 2018.
Declaration of Bruges, 2010.
European Quality Principles for EU-funded Interventions with Potential Impact upon Cultural Heritage – Revised edition, November 2020. Manual. ICOMOS International, Paris.
ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Charter, 2002.
Procedural Guidelines for the Modification of Parishes, the Closure or Relegation of Churches to Profane but Non-Sordid Use, and the Alienation of the Same. Congregation for the Clergy, 30 April 2013. Published in Enchiridion Vaticanum, coll. 562a-562ii, XXIX, Bologna, Dehoniane, 2015.
Secular Europe Backs Religious Heritage. Future for Religious Heritage (FRH), 2014.
Statement on the Protection of Religious Properties within the Framework of the World Heritage Convention (Kyiv, 5 November 2010).
The Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance. Australia ICOMOS, 2013.
Towards an Integrated Approach to Cultural Heritage for Europe. European Commission, 2015 Report.
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