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Restitution of art and cultural objects and its limits


From Stolen Heritage to Restitution: The Story Behind Looted Art

The looting of art and cultural property has profound consequences that extend far beyond the act of theft. Such objects often hold significance ...

Making the Case for the Restitution of Illicitly Acquired Cultural ...

This article argues that the prohibition of plunder and pillage of cultural property constitutes a jus cogens rule of international law. Its violation therefore ...

Looted art: good practices and new trends in ensuring restitution

A prime example is Italy, a country that has been exposed in the past to a constant assault on its cultural assets through theft, illegal exports and other ...

About Cultural Restitution - Returning Heritage

Restitution is the act of returning a lost or stolen object of historic or cultural significance to its country or community of origin.

Cultures of Restitution: Decolonial Histories, Justice, and the Museum

“Cultural restitution” is often understood as a set of policies and practices that act on cultural objects: museum artworks that are returned from one ...

Digital Restitution of Cultural Goods: In Search of a Working Model

In most cases, there is no doubt that items of a high historical or artistic value, important for any given group's cultural security, should be ...

Top three recent art restitution controversies | ArtCollection.io

Explore the top three ongoing art restitution controversies, including Africa's struggle to restitute its cultural heritage, ...

Austria Approaches Its Colonial Past: Prospects of a New Restitution ...

One of these responses is the restitution of stolen and looted cultural objects to their owners. In proposing that the remedy of restitution is one of the most ...

Art Theft and Modern Restitution in International Law

Without these conventions and treaties, there would be no international legal obligation for the repatriation of stolen cultural and artistic ...

The Recovery of Cultural Property in International Law

... Art-Related Disputes' (1998) 14 Arbitration International. 447; C. Roodt, 'Restitution of Art and Cultural Objects and Its Limits' (2013) The Comparative and.

CULTURE WORKING GROUP Background Paper Protection and ...

... property, including art and archaeological objects ... Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of ...

Repatriation of Cultural Property–Who Owns the Past? An ...

Art repatriation generally refers to the return of cultural objects to ... the cultural object was found has the authority to order its return.

Repatriation and the Radical Redistribution of Art - Digital Collections

Museums are home to millions of artworks and cultural artifacts, some of which have made their way to these institutions through unjust means.

Restitution - Illicit Cultural Property

Roodt, C. (2013) 'Restitution of art and cultural objects and its limits', Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa XLVI, 286-307.

Dealing with Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects in the Context of Cultural ...

Arts Council England, Restitution and Repatriation: A Practical Guide for Museums in England, 5 August 2022, https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ ...

Post-Colonial Restitution Demands and Twenty-First Century Legal ...

Several European institutions, both cultural and commercial, hold art from formerly colonised states. The international and domestic regulation of that matter ...

restitution of looted art in international law

cultural object has been unlawfully imported must order its return to the ... United States to limit the import of certain categories of cultural goods .

Cross-border restitution claims of looted works of art and cultural ...

... art, because the time limits for stolen cultural property ... System (IMI) on the Return of Cultural Objects – Its Principles, Application, and Evaluation of Its.

Repatriation and Restitution of Cultural Property: Relevant Rules of ...

The UNIDROIT Convention clearly provides that “the possessor of a cultural object which has been stolen shall return it” (Art. 3, para. 1) and that a State ...

Art and Cultural Heritage Law: Books - LibGuides

This book offers a clear, accessible account of the American litigation over the restitution of works of art taken from Jewish families during ...