Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expression Through Intellectual Property Systems
By Murphy Yanbing Chen Introduction Traditional Knowledge ("TK") and Traditional Cultural Expression ("TCE") bear a record of the collective memories of indigenous people. They are...
Technological Advancements and the Parthenon Marbles: the Potential Role of 3D Printing in the Greek Claim Against the British Museum
By Ilaria Bortot The Parthenon was built in the 5th century on the hill of the Acropolis in Athens in honor of the goddess Athena...
“Transfers of Good Faith”: Two Years Post-Sarr Savoy Report and European Repatriation of Colonial Artifacts
By Kelley Tackett. On December 17, 2020, French legislators passed an unprecedented bill pertaining to the permanent return of objects violently looted from Benin during...
Social Media: A Smuggler’s Tool For Looted Antiquities
By Lucy Siegel. Social media allows us to connect in a matter of seconds with people all over the world, ranging from fan pages discussing...
Fading Elephant in the Room: Extinguishing the Market for “White Gold”
By Lukiana Pilyugin. The earth’s largest land mammals are irreplaceable, and so are their ivory tusks. The demand for ivory in international markets serves as...
Treasures from the Middle Kingdom: China’s Hunt for Lost Antiquities
By Timothy Chung. In 2018, GQ magazine published a piece on Chinese state efforts to repatriate looted antiquities, starting off by examining a series of...
The Sarr-Savoy Report & Restituting Colonial Artifacts
By Clara Cassan. In 1885, The General Act that emerged from the Berlin conference read as follows: “The Signatory Powers exercising sovereign rights or authority...
The International Criminal Court Takes on Attacks on Cultural Heritage, But is it Enough?
By Timur Tusiray* [caption id="attachment_30356" align="alignright" width="442"] ICC Press Release, Sept. 30, 2015.[/caption] On September 26, 2015 Nigerian authorities surrendered Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi...
Hopi Restitution Suits: Questions of Standing and Rights
By Lindsay Voirin, Esq. Center for Art Law previously reported that the Hopi Tribal Council partnered with the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) to file...
Lessons learned from the Sacking of the Summer Palace in China: Diplomacy and Restitution Revisited
One day two bandits entered the Summer Palace. One plundered, the other burned….Before history, one of the two bandits will be called France; the other...
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