Collectors, dealers and high-profile artists campaigned hard against the tightening of import and export rules by the German Parliament. Catherine Hickley reports: The German upper house of parliament today (8 July) passed a law aimed at tackling illegal trafficking in looted antiquities and protecting German national heritage, introducing what dealers call the most stringent import [...]
The ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict will be mentioned in the Queen's Speech in British Parliament. This is a result of months of dedicated lobbying by Walk of Truth and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (APPG). The Queen's speech announces the government's legislation [...]
As part of your coverage of today’s momentous debate in the British Parliament, it should be of interest to note that at a meeting in London earlier this week, the mayor of London Boris Johnson suggested another thing that could be done to combat terrorism – clamping down on the trade in looted antiquities which [...]
As part of your coverage of today’s momentous debate in the British Parliament, it should be of interest to note that at a meeting in London earlier this week, the mayor of London Boris Johnson suggested another thing that could be done to combat terrorism – clamping down on the trade in looted antiquities which [...]
Mayor of London backs efforts to halt trade in trafficked antiquities Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, today joined members of both Houses of Parliament in vowing to stop London’s art market being used by terrorists to sell trafficked antiquities. The parliamentarians also backed the idea of London becoming a safe haven for works of [...]
Source: The Economist WHEN ISLAMIC STATE made its deadly onslaught on Paris on November 13th, this was rightly denounced as an attack not just on innocent human beings, but on civilisation. The killers struck in the heart of a city whose museums, monuments and ancient places of learning speak of lofty ideals and human creativity [...]
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House of Lords | London, United Kingdom 16 December 2014 Walk of Truth and Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose hosted a presentation on “Blood, Treasure and Islamic State: War, Extremism and the Looting of Culture” at the House of Lords. The event discussed the link between religious freedom and the destruction [...]
Peace Palace | The Hague, the Netherlands 16 September 2013 Walk of Truth hosted a round table on“Art trafficking and restitution — Lessons learned from Cyprus and Afghanistan” at the Peace Palace on 16 September 2013. The event featured presentations on the protection of cultural heritage, focusing on art trafficking and looting in Cyprus [...]