Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation

01/06/2022

New Article Out! Curious about what happened to the Parthenon marbles and related legal issues? Then look no further- grab your tea/coffee and check out our article: The Parthenon Marbles and Greek Cultural Heritage Law by Katerina Ampela
https://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/The-Parthenon-Marbles-and-Greek-Cultural-Heritage-Law

02/19/2021

We have a new blog up- "People versus (State-Centric International Cultural Heritage Law - Can Human Rights Mediate?" authored by Raghavi Viswanath and Jessica Wiseman -- we hope you enjoy reading it!

However, a robust cultural heritage protective framework requires more than expressive benefits. It needs a set of obligations on all stakeholders - States, communities, civil society, and museums - towards the preservation of heritage and mechanisms to enforce responsibility in case of defaults. Bo...

02/01/2021

We would like to congratulate the 2020 Winner of our Law Student Writing Competition, Wade Speake!

If you would like to read Mr. Speake's submission or are interested in submitting a paper to the upcoming competition, please click on the link.

The competition is open to U.S. law students at law schools approved by the American Bar Association and recent law graduates who were students at the time they wrote their papers. Students enrolled in a JD, LLB, or other first-degree program in law at an accredited faculty outside the United States...

01/13/2021

We have a new blog up, so please check it out!

"Who owns the 'Real' Shangri-La? UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Tourism"

12/08/2020

A reminder about our webinar on Holocaust Art Restitution TODAY at 12 pm! We also recommend checking out this article on the ongoing Supreme Court case regarding Holocaust victims seeking compensation for confiscated art.

Justices consider whether U.S. law pertains to art that N**i Germany purchased from Jewish dealers and property its ally Hungary confiscated as it sent Jews to death camps.

11/30/2020

UPDATE!!!! Join us on December 8 at 12 pm as we hold a discussion on Holocaust Art Restitution with three leading experts in the field! Register here: https://culturalheritagelaw.org/event-4072243

11/11/2020

Take a look at our new blog post, The World Heritage Sites of India, we published in honor of our new Vice President-elect Kamala Harris: https://culturalheritagelaw.org/World-Heritage-Sites-of-India!

“Indian Art broadened my seeing, and loosened the formal tightness I had learned in school. Its bigness and stark reality baffled my understanding. I had been schooled to see outsides only, and not struggle to pierce.”

10/15/2020

Today marks the 54th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, which created the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and National Register of Historic Places, among other landmark legislative initiatives.

See below for some information we have put together regarding the Path to the National Register of Historic Places.

10/10/2020

A new article explores "the possibility of treating cultural destruction and the destruction of cultural heritage as a genocidal act."

In this article, I explore the possibility of treating cultural destruction and the destruction of cultural heritage as a genocidal act. My argument proceeds in two stages. I first suggest that we ou...

09/30/2020

In today's webinar we discussed protection of unmarked burials and other human remains. Did you miss our webinar this afternoon? Watch the recorded lecture to learn more about the protection of human remains as cultural heritage!

Our speaker, Attorney and Archaeologist, Ryan Seidemann, Chief of the Lands & Natural Resources Section at the Louisiana Department of Justice, discusses the...

09/29/2020

How does relate to ?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has defined cultural heritage as monuments, archaeological structures, or sites that feature the works of either man or nature and man that have outstanding universal value for history, art, science, ethnology, or anthropology.

According to the United Nations’ (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, education, and many others. These rights are inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, s*x, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other statuses. Thus, cultural heritage, as a man-made means of expressing religious, cultural, or historical values, is inherently a human rights issue.

Begin your research here: https://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/Cultural-Heritage-and-Human-Rights/

09/22/2020

Join us next Wednesday for our second Lunchtime Webinar! We will be talking with archaeologist and attorney Ryan Seidemann about the protection of human burials as cultural heritage from man-made and natural threats. Register here: https://culturalheritagelaw.org/event-3994305