Our Cultural Heritage

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Cropping Bears Ears

By Kat Moynihan On December 28, 2016, five Southwestern Native American tribes achieved a momentous victory in protecting their cultural patrimony. President Obama created, via...
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Turkey Rules: Cultural Heritage Protection Efforts Explained

By Merve Stolzman  Turkey undisputedly possesses a rich cultural heritage. Seventeen of its historic sites are on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
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And Yemen Makes 17: Red Lists of Cultural Objects at Risk

By Samantha Bonilla At a ceremony hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 31, 2018, ICOM (International Council of Museums) unveiled its new...
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Bring Me the Head of King David: Questions of Attribution and the Responsibility of Museums

By Center for Art Law Team Art forgery has long been a siren of the art world. Dark yet beguiling, it ranges from misidentification of...
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HEAR and the Guelph Treasure Recovery Efforts: Restitution in Review

By Nina Mesfin On June 7, 2016, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bipartisan-backed piece of legislation called the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act,...
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5 Charged with Selling Non-Genuine Native Goods: A Violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act

By Lillia McEnaney Center for Art Law previously reported In Brief that, in March 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Alaska charged...
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Common European Heritage: The French and Dutch Government Joint Acquisition of Two Rembrandt Portraits

“Madame le ministre, Ladies and gentlemen, We hébben ze! Nous les avons! We have got them!’’ — Speech by Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science...
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U.S. Museums May Serve As Safe Havens to protect ISIS-Looted Antiquities from Destruction

by Elizabeth Weber, Esq. [caption id="attachment_31041" align="alignright" width="452"] Source: AAMD Website.[/caption] Following the destruction and looting of culturally significant works in war-torn areas, the Association of...
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Spotlight: UNESCO and the World Heritage Convention

By Lindsay Dekter We must construct the defenses of peace in the minds of women and men. -UNESCO Motto A look at the history, framework,...
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Unearthing the Evidence: How Soil Analysis will Revolutionize the National Stolen Properties Act

By Timur Tusiray Introduction Less than one percent of the world’s archeological sites have been located or excavated, leaving the vast majority of humanity’s heritage...
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The National Historic Preservation Act at 50: A Look at the Historic Preservation Movement in the United States

By Lindsay Dekter The current heritage climate, which sees the seemingly endless circulation of heart-wrenching images of the destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle...
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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...
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