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International Protection of Cultural Property

Headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, A-listed object in the Inventory of Cultural Property (© R. Zumbühl)

The Confederation has expertise in the area of cultural property protection at both national as well as international levels. It collaborates with partners in Switzerland and abroad, namely international organisations, other federal agencies and cantonal authorities, as well as cultural institutions, specialist circles, and universities.

As a competence centre of the Swiss Confederation, the Cultural Property Protection Division in the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) represents Switzerland to foreign authorities in matters relating to the protection of cultural property in armed conflicts, disasters, and emergencies.


Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP Protection of Cultural Property PCP
Guisanplatz 1B
CH-3003 Bern

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Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP

Protection of Cultural Property PCP
Guisanplatz 1B
CH-3003 Bern