Dear John:
Thank-you for sharing with us such important issues as the session and
discussion over Cultural Porperty disputes.
Having chaired the Programme Committee, during the las General Conference I
feel I must transmit the group´s feeling about ICOM´s enormous possibilities
to coordinate efforts and knowledge with other agencies. In this case,
wouldn´t it be interesting to organise a meeting with members of the
Cultural Heritage Working Group of IBA (International Barr Association)? I
am sure they would not only be very pleased but would appreciate a stronger
link with ICOM.
Yani Herreman
Querido John:
Gracias por compartir con nosotros asuntos tan importantes como la sesión y
discusión sobre Resolución de Disputas sobre Propiedad Cultural.
Habiendo coordinado el Grupo de Programa durante la pasada Asamblea y
Conferencias Generales, siento la obligación de transmitir el sentir del
grupo acerca de las enormes posibilidades que posee el ICOM de coordinarse y
beneficiarse de otra instancias. En este caso, no sería interesante
organizar una reunión con algunos de los miembros del Grupo de Trabajo sobre
Propiedad Cultural de IBA (Asociación Internacional de Barras de Abogados)?
Estoy segura que ellos, no sólo estarían muy complacidos sino que
agradecerían un contacto más cercano con el ICOM.
Yani Herreman
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From: "Martin Christian Hugo Skrydstrup" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: INTERCOM/resolution of cultural property disputes?
> Dear John, Professor Torre and Members of ICOM,
> As a new board member of ICME, I would like to commend John and INTERCOM
> for putting together a truly fascinating session in Seoul, featuring
> Professor Phelan's admirable clear proposal to ICOM about considering an
> international court of arbitration for the resolution of cultural
> property disputes. I strongly support Professor Torre's suggestion that
> in exploring Phelan's proposal, we take inventory of all the mechanisms
> that are already in place (including Article 8 (2) of the UNIDROIT
> Convention of 1995, which actually sets fourth an arbitration
> provision). While we eagerly await the posting of Phelan's paper, as
> well as the extremely well argued and rich responses from Harrie Leyten
> and Rich West, I would in line with Torre's suggestion, like to draw
> your attention to another inventory idea.
>
> As you know John, I have suggested turning the scattered institutional
> information about already resolved cultural property cases into a
> useable knowledge platform, simply by way of systematizing the data in
> the format of a database. Such a resource could assist any particular
> museum in the assessment of specific claims, keep track of best
> practice, and ultimately promote the setting of standards in this field.
> With regard to a possible arbitration institution of the kind Phelan is
> proposing, a database would enable an arbitration panel to retrieve
> similar cases and thus tailor and facilitate the adjudication and
> ultimately help the parties to identify the best and most appropriate
> resolution. The database could of course also exist independently of
> such an arbitration institution, side by side with ICOM's 'Red List',
> '100 missing objects', as well as the many commercial databases listing
> stolen cultural property.
>
> For those of you interested, I have sketched my database idea in some
> detail in the last issue of ICME News (please go to:
> http://museumsnett.no/icme/icmenews38.html#skrydstrup ). At the ICME
> session in Seoul, I gave a paper contextualizing this database project
> within the history of cultural property. Please refer to the ICME
> website: http://icme.icom.museum <http://icme.icom.museum/> where the
> interesting ICME papers from Seoul will be posted soon.
>
> In any case, as a new ICME board member charged with the responsibility
> to report and work on cultural property issues, I would be happy to
> participate in any work being done in this arena.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Martin
> __________________________
> Martin Skrydstrup
> Doctoral Candidate
> Department of Anthropology
> Columbia University
> 452 Schermerhorn Extension
> 1200 Amsterdam Avenue
> New York, NY 10027
> U.S.A.
> Phone: +1 212 368 8480
> Fax: +1 212 854 7347
>
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