{"id":5,"date":"2015-04-25T13:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carducciartlaw.com\/site\/01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:39:02","slug":"introduction-concept-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carducciartlaw.com\/site\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nCombining academic, international and intergovernmental experiences in preventing and resolving international disputes

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Arbitrator, Legal Counsel and Expert, Cultural Diplomacy
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Law Professor and Attorney-at-Law (Paris-Rome)
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Chartered Arbitrator (FCIArb), Former International Tenant and Arbitrator, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square (London) <\/h2>\n

<\/div>\nFormer Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO (HQ Paris, 192 Member States) in charge of UNESCO Cultural Property and Heritage Conventions
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Former UNESCO Mediator between the UK and Greece concerning the Return of the Parthenon Marbles
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Acts as Arbitrator, Legal Counsel and Expert, Cultural Mediator in:
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iii) International Law (Public, Economic, Private), EU, French and Italian Law
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Fluent and works in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian
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A leading expert in the field of :
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i) Return and restitution of stolen, looted and illegally exported art and cultural property, in time of peace, occupation, war
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ii) 1970 Convention: governing international trade, export and import in cultural property in 148 States Parties
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iii) 1972 Convention: governing World cultural and natural heritage and resources in 194 States Parties
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iv) 2001 Convention: governing underwater cultural heritage in 80 States Parties
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v) 1954 Convention, 1954 and 1999 Protocols: governing cultural property in the event of armed conflict in 138 States Parties
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vi) 2003 Convention: governing intangible cultural heritage in 185 States Parties
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vii) EU Directive 2014\/60 on restitution and EU Regulations 2019\/880 and 2021\/1079 on import of cultural goods
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Member of three ICC Commissions: Arbitration and ADR – Commercial Law – Competition
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CIAM – CIAR (Madrid International and Interamerican Arbitration Center) : Co-Chair of the \u201cArbitration with States and Investments\u201d Working Group
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American Bar Association (ABA): Former Vice-Chair, International Arbitration and International Litigation Committees
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Panels of Arbitrators: ICDR, CIArb, WIPO, JCAA, HKIAC, BVI, CMAP. Formerly ICSID, SIAC, CAS Panels
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Recognized in The Legal 500 : Dispute Resolution
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Publications: 2 Monographs and 55 Articles in Law Journals
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Ph.D. in International Law (Paris II) – Ph.D. in Comparative Contract Law (Rome I) – Diploma, The Hague Academy of International Law<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>
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uido Carducci is a Law Professor in Paris, an Attorney-at-Law in Rome, a Chartered Arbitrator and International Tenant and Arbitrator with 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London.\u00a0Recognized in The Legal 500 : Dispute Resolution<\/h3>\n

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Former Chief of the International Standards Section at UNESCO (Paris Headquarters) he was in charge of international standard-setting, the elaboration and implementation in (192) Member States of UNESCO Conventions, Recommendations and Declarations on art, cultural property and heritage, and of two intergovernmental committees<\/h3>\n

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A leading authority in the field of return and restitution of stolen, looted and illegally exported art and cultural property, in time of peace, occupation, war:<\/h3>\n

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i) Acted as mediator between Greece and the United Kingdom on the Claim for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum<\/h3>\n

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ii) Was in charge of the integovernmental negotation of the UNESCO \u00ab\u00a0Draft Declaration of Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War\u00a0\u00bb<\/h3>\n

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iii) Was in charge of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Return and Restitution of Cultural Property in case of Illicit Appropriation<\/h3>\n

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iv) More recently the EU Parliament sought his expertise and views as to a Draft Instrument on the Return of Looted Cultural Objects in Connection to the Second World War<\/h3>\n

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v) Authored a treatise on international art restitution and some 20 articles on art and cultural property law in leading law reviews and books<\/h3>\n

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To the benefit of the private and public sectors he combines:<\/h3>\n

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i) specialized expertise in: a) art, cultural property and heritage law; and b)\u00a0 property and contract law, private and public international law, that govern additional\u00a0 aspects of art, cultural property and heritage<\/h3>\n

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ii) experience with Governments worldwide, policy and legal experts in Common and Civil law jurisdictions, in art, cultural property and heritage, as to national policies, laws, treaty-making, implementation of international obligations<\/h3>\n

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iii) experience as legal counsel and expert, arbitrator and mediator, and in cultural diplomacy<\/h3>\n

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iv) academic, intergovernmental and indipendent private practice experience<\/h3>\n

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v) independence, publications and five working languages<\/h3>\n
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Publications include 55 articles in law journals and two monographs<\/h3>\n

International Art Restitution Claims (LGDJ Paris)<\/h3>\n

Arbitration in France: Law and Practice (forthcoming Oxford University Press)<\/h3>\n
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Works in: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian (Fair Portuguese)<\/h3>\n
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i) in International Law:<\/h3>\n

Former Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO HQ Paris. Italian Delegate in treaty-making. Ph.D. Diploma Hague Academy of International Law. Regular speaker<\/h3>\n
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ii) in International Arbitration, Comparative Conflict of Laws, International Business Law:<\/h3>\n

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Arbitrator, Expert Witness, Counsel, Law Professor in Paris (former Visiting Professor at the Universities of Miami, Hong Kong, Rome, Thessaloniki)<\/h3>\n

Member ICC Commissions on Arbitration, Competition, Commercial Law. Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow and Faculty of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Regular speaker. Experience in treaty-making at the Hague Conference of Private International Law and UNIDROIT<\/h3>\n
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iii) in EU Law:<\/h3>\n

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Law Professor. EU Expert for the Elaboration of EU Regulation N.650\/2012 on International Successions. EU Parliament Expert on art law and return of looted art<\/h3>\n
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iv) in French Law:<\/h3>\n

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Law Professor in French and EU contract, commercial, company, conflict of laws, international business and arbitration law (Ma\u00eetre de Conf\u00e9rences des Facult\u00e9s de droit<\/em>, Paris). Ph.D (Docteur en droit<\/em>, Univ. Paris II). Post-graduate specialisations (DEAs) in commercial, EU, private-public international law. Full French legal education. Eligible for membership in the Paris Bar (currently not Avocat \u00e0 la Cour<\/em>)<\/h3>\n
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v) in Italian Law:<\/h3>\n

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Attorney-at-Law in Rome (Avvocato<\/em>) admitted also before Supreme Courts (Patrocinante in Cassazione<\/em>), Ph.D. (Dottore di Ricerca<\/em> University Rome I). Full Italian legal education<\/h3>\n
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vi) in English Law:<\/h3>\n

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Former International Tenant and Arbitrator 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London. Registered European Lawyer in England and Wales. Professor\/Lecturer of English Business Law (2015-Present)<\/h3>\n
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Activities related to U.S. Law:<\/h3>\n

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ICDR Panel of Arbitrators. Former Visiting Professor University of Miami. Professor\/Lecturer of U.S. Business Law (2015-2022). American Bar Association (ABA): Vice-Chair International Arbitration Committee, ABA Observer \u201cUniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies Committee\u201d Uniform Law Commission.\u00a0<\/h3>\n

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