Legal documents concerning Angkor
and the region of Siem Reap
There are three major royal decrees and one law protecting
the cultural heritage of Angkor:
1. Royal Decree establishing
APSARA
2. Second additional
Royal Decree, 1998
3. Royal Decree establishing
Protected Cultural Zones
4. Law on the Protection
of Cultural Heritage
5. Royal Degree
Transferring the Site of Koh Ke to APSARA Authority
6. Royal Decree establishing
the site of Koh Ker
Other royal decrees and sub-decrees protecting the cultural
heritage of Angkor:
- Sub-Decree
establishing the Special Police Corps for the Protection
of Cultural Heritage
- Sub-Decree
concerning Free Entrance to Angkor
- Sub-Decree
concerning the Hotel Zone
- Building
Regulation in the Hotel Zone
International conventions protecting cultural heritage:
- The
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the
Event of Armed Conflict
The Hague, 1954 and its Protocol, ratified by Cambodia in
1962
- The
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the
Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural
Property
Paris, 1970, ratified by Cambodia in 1972
- The
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural
and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, Paris
1972), ratified by Cambodia in 1991
- The
UNIDROIT Convention
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