The UNESCO Chair celebrates the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage through educational and awareness-raising initiatives dedicated to schools, Italian schools abroad and international youth communities. These activities promote knowledge of the 2003 UNESCO Convention and encourage dialogue on living heritage, cultural transmission and community participation.

On 24 September 2026, Prof. Pier Luigi Petrillo, Director of the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law at UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome, was interviewed by Vatican Radio – Vatican News during the programme Radio Vaticana con Voi, in a...

The four days of scientific work on heritage, biocultural rights, tourism and cooperation in the Mediterranean concluded on September 11, 2026. Among the contributions is the presentation on the safeguarding of biocultural rights in the Mediterranean by Professor Pier...

The UNESCO Chair will take part in the First Conference of the Global Universities Alliance for Cultural Rights, “Human (in)Security”, hosted by the University of Fortaleza on 2 September 2026. Professor Pier Luigi Petrillo will moderate the panel on constitutional frameworks and cultural pluralism, while Sara Di Luca will participate as Executive Manager of the Alliance.

On 28 July 2026, the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law at UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome took part in the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Pantelleria Island National Park, held in the presence of...

A thematic media review collecting selected articles and external resources on the launch of the candidacy process for the Art of Italian Shoemaking as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Prof. Pier Luigi Petrillo was officially given the task of preparing a nomination to have the ecclesiastical and civil registration archives of the parish of La Pli de Mareo recognised by UNESCO.

During the International Conference “The Role of Parliaments in the Development of Cultural Rights”, organized by Professor Pier Luigi Petrillo of UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome and Professor Francisco Humberto Cunha Filho of the University of Fortaleza, the Global Universities Alliance for Cultural Rights was formally launched.