Our Cultural Heritage

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The Mendelsohn Case: Implications for Future Restitution

By Kira Hernandez and Rebecca Amen In August 2024, California-based collector Aaron Mendelsohn filed suit in the Central District of California against Manhattan District Attorney...
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Spotlight On: The UK Spoliation Advisory Panel

Jan Griffier, View of Hampton Court Palace, 1710 By Natasha Phillips-Geen Whilst the Nazis’ looting of art collections across the territories they occupied between 1933...
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Beyond “Due Diligence”: Closing Loopholes in the Global Antiquities Trade

By Sarah Boxer The global antiquities trade runs on paperwork. Export licenses, ownership histories, and dealer assurances are meant to guarantee legitimacy. Yet the Giacomo...
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Spotlight: India Pride Project and the Future of Art Restitution in India

By Atreya Mathur Imagine scrolling through Google Street View on your laptop, zooming in on an art gallery in New York, and among polished marble...
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Repatriation in Context: The Case for Cooperation

By John Freeman Cultural heritage is contentious.[1] Recent litigation between the Getty Museum and Italy is a testament to the polarized nature of these disputes,...
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Cultural Property Advisory Committee (1983-2025): Its History, Implementation, Separation of Powers Considerations, and Proposed Amendments

By Devin Dowling Since the Center’s latest edition of Keeping up with the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, the Cultural Property Advisory Committee’s (“CPAC”...
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A Revised NAGPRA: Evaluating Progress Towards Repatriating Native American Ancestral Remains and Belongings in the Wake of Revised Federal Regulations

By Emily Yan One year ago, on January 12, 2024, the Department of the Interior (DOI) implemented historic updates to the Native American Graves Protection...
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Keeping Up with the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act: Proposed Cultural Property Import Restrictions from Lebanon and Mongolia and an Extension for El Salvador

By Emily G. Finch On November 14, 1970, member states signed the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import,...
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Reclaiming the Past: An Overview of the U.S-India Cultural Property Agreement

By Atreya Mathur Imagine walking through a museum and coming face to face with a carved statue of a deity, its ancient aura exuding centuries...
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A New Framework for Cultural Heritage Protection through the CERD: Armenia v. Azerbaijan

By Isabelle Kapoian, under the guidance of Yelena Ambartsumian, Esq. Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh, a region where Armenian communities have existed ancestrally for centuries, is...
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Era of Despoilment: Looting in Cambodia (1970–2010)

By Cynthia Li “Looting” is a broad term to describe the nuances of all incidents of loss of cultural property. For Cambodia, an outflux of...
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Legal Protection of the Tangible Cultural Heritage in Slovenia

By Žan Berro Slovenia is a small country of around 2 million people at the crossroads of the Balkans and Central Europe.[1]  It borders Italy...
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