January 6, 2022
…called for creation of an 11-member committee representing archaeologists, museums, art dealers, and the public. The Cultural Property Advisory Committee to the President (CPAC) was established to review requests by…
May 27, 2023
…at all relating to terrorism financing. Indeed, the second report (by Ecorys) was commissioned after the first (by Deloitte) failed to do so and the Commission delayed publishing the second…
July 4, 2023
…well-known constitutional law attorney who brings a completely different perspective to the more common cultural property questions on this issue. He has been instrumental in reformulating the Restitution Study Group’s…
December 29, 2018
…to issue or reject a license within 90 days of receipt of a complete application. European Parliament, By Diliff, Wikimedia Commons The “competent authority shall reject the application where it…
October 15, 2018
…from the Cultural Property Advisory Committee. Actually, the final, detailed Designated Lists are now virtual laundry lists, compiled behind the scenes in discussions between the foreign nations, the State Department…
April 13, 2017
…Cultural Property Advisory Committee to the President under the Department of State. Its signing was long delayed, perhaps due to concerns over Egypt’s appalling human rights record, then finalized on…
October 27, 2017
…Art Treasures Regulation, Export and Import Control Bill, 2017, is now at the stage where comments are being solicited. (Email comments to dirant.asi@gmail.com) Internationally-known academics such as Naman Ahuja have…
February 22, 2019
…recipient of a donation. Recueil d’antiquités egyptiennes, etrusques, grecques et romaines, 1756. Wikimedia Commons The EU Resolution’s scope is expanded by conflating the trade in art without documented export…
January 15, 2016
…in Mehrauli in the shadow of the Qutub Minar, in Tughlaqabad, and under Chandni Chowk in Shahjahanabad. Even if all the antiquities coming out of the country were to be…
May 30, 2019
…comprises at least a thousand local organizers and many more supporters across the DRC who are actively involved in campaigns on issues from clean water to free elections. In committing…