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 Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2199 today. It is designed to strangle terrorists’ ability to raise money through cultural heritage trafficking and other criminal sources like oil smuggling and…
The destruction of objects of cultural or religious heritage is a signature feature of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. That is the assessment offered by a recent United…
UNESCO confronts a budgetary and political crisis following America’s automatic defunding of the U.N. agency in 2011 and UNESCO’s decision last Friday stripping the United States of its voting rights….
U.S. Mission to the U.N. Source: Elmschrat CC The United States has supported a Greek-sponsored UN resolution (A/RES/67/80) titled “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.” The resolution…