本中心主任胡念祖特聘教授與澳洲雪梨科技大學法學院教授David Leary，以及本中心研究人員吳培福博士，就水下文化遺產公約內國法化之議題共同撰文，並發表於學術期刊Marine Policy第134期。

Marine Policy 現在的impact factor有4.173，在國際關係的排名上，94個期刊排名第8名，為此一領域前10％之國際學術期刊。

胡念祖特聘教授表示，「這篇文章基本上展現及記錄了我花了17年的時間，將聯合國教科文組織『水下文化遺產保護公約』予以內國法化的奮鬥歷程，以及我對建構我國『水下文化資產保存法』體制的核心智識思想，文中的兩個插圖就是該核心思想的圖示。」

胡教授相信他在水下文化資產保存法法律體制建構上所發展出的核心思想，不僅將引導國內未來幾十年的發展，同時也會啟發其他國家在尋求他們自己國內相關立法時的一個參考。這就是理論與思想的力量。

Abstract

Taiwan and Australia are non-Parties to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH Convention). However, as the first two non-Parties in the East Asia region, both have incorporated the spirit and letter of the UCH Convention into their respective domestic laws, with minor exceptions to fit into their respective historical and cultural contexts, as well as their administrative and judicial settings. This paper traces and compares the very different origins of these two pieces of UCH specific domestic legislation. A comparative analysis is also made of the structure and content, similarities and differences of each piece of legislation as well as deviations between them and between the UCH Convention. The paper argues that the Taiwanese and Australian experience demonstrates models for the successful incorporation of the UCH Convention for States striving for the preservation, protection and management of UCH.

Keywords:

Australia, Taiwan, Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH), UCH Convention, UCH Act 2018 of Australia, UCH Preservation Act 2015 of Taiwan

View the paper on Marine Policy Website.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104787