A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
The United States will withdraw from the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO), effective December 31, 2018.Today’s announcement comes as no surprise to cultural property watchers. The US…
The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2347 yesterday. The resolution “Deplores and condemns the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage … as well as the looting and smuggling of…
A United Nations resolution aimed at cementing police and judicial cooperation in the fight against terrorism unanimously passed the Security Council yesterday.Resolution 2322’s language, in part, focuses on cultural property…
The annihilation of cultural and religious heritage is genocide’s autograph. Landscapes fashioned by monuments, buildings, and houses of worship are obliterated into rubble when blood-thirsty men wish to exterminate the souls–not…
A letter from Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, has named dealers and shippers alleged to have facilitated the trade of looted antiquities from ISIS-controlled territory in Syria. Delivered…
When the U.N. Security Council last month adopted a resolution targeting terrorists’ ability to raise money, cultural heritage trafficking took a visible spot on the global stage. Now the U.N….