FORUM REVIEW HUMANISTIC VALUES IN LAW Problems of Access to World Cultural Heritage and Protection of Personal Data By Larissa Zakharova (Russia) Author PhD (International Law), cum laude, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, 2005 Associate Professor, Chair of International Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University Email: larissa_zakharova@yahoo.com Abstract The paper offers an overview of the discussions that took place at two of the panels that were held within the framework of the V St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on 28-29 May 2015. <...> They brought together lawyers and academics in the field of museum studies who became actively engaged in the discussion on the elimination of legal barriers to access to the world cultural heritage. <...> The lawyers and policy-makers gathered at the other panel were set on finding a legal response to the challenges of the global information progress, first of all to the problem of protecting personal data. www.kulawr.ru Volume 2 October 2015 Issue 2(4) Larissa Zakharova Problems of Access to World Cultural Heritage and Protection of Personal Data Keywords Cultural property, cultural heritage, state guarantees of protection, immunity, international regulation; personal data, protection and storage, information, communication, technologies, mass media DOI: 10.17803/2313-5395.2015.2.4.206-215 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction .207 II. <...> Legal Barriers to Access to World Cultural Heritage: is There a Solution? . 208 III. <...> Protection of Personal Data: Legal Response to the Challenges of the Global Information Progress .211 207 I. INTRODUCTION On May 27—30 2015 the State Hermitage gladly welcomed the Fifth St. Petersburg International Legal Forum ‘bringing together leading representatives of legal profession and business, Russian and foreign politicians and academics to talk about the most pressing issues in the context of global challenges’, as Alexander Konovalov, the Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation mentioned in his opening speech, addressing to his colleagues and friends.1 Its agenda comprised numerous panel discussions run by renowned experts in the legal field as well as business and cultural events on the sidelines of the Forum. <...> The Kutafin University Law Review enjoyed the prestigious status of an information partner of the Forum, so its representatives were lucky to be <...>