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Yorkshire Museum acquires the Ryedale Hoard
Welcome news that the Yorkshire Museum has acquired the Ryedale Hoard. The 1,800-year-old collection of ritual artefacts discovered in North Yorkshire in May 2020 went for auction earlier this year. The museum acquired the hoard thanks to a large donation from an...
Joint statement of 12 Art Market trade associations internationally
Help prevent trafficking in Afghanistan’s cultural heritage The Afghan crisis has given rise to serious concerns about the fate of the country’s heritage under the Taliban. Some media reports claim the Taliban have pledged to protect cultural heritage sites and...
UK government sets out reasons for revoking damaging E.U. import licensing law
June 30 House of Lords debate on the Revocation of the EU import licensing regulations within the UK has summarised neatly the problems with this law.
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Fiasco – a view of what’s to come once the new EU import regulation comes into force
Customs and shipping fiasco proves a cautionary tale for the enforcement of the new EU import regulation.
Why citizens’ rights suffer under the spread of bilateral agreements
Memoranda of Understanding serve a less publicised purpose than protecting cultural property: oiling the wheels of international diplomacy and geopolitical influence. In doing so, the rights of innocent private citizens are subsumed to what is questionably viewed as the wider interest.
It’s time to stop abusing UNESCO’s 1970 cultural property Convention for political ends
It’s time to stop abusing UNESCO’s 1970 cultural property Convention for political ends