B. Bengs wrote:

>i am doing research about the conflict between wealthy, art/artifact
>importing nations such as the US and poorer "source" nations such as
>Turkey or Greece...anyway there is a new international convention open
>for signatures that would require the return of items to the source
>nation if the possessor such as a museum or collector could not
>adequately prove the object isnt stolen or illegally exported...however,
>if the possessor acquired the item in good faith, compensation will be
>paid...what i would like is for anyone with significant information about
>this convention (unidroit) to either tell me or let me know what the
>source is...in addition, since the convention is sponsered by the United
>Nations i would like to get an email address for someone involved in
>UNESCO or the International Council of Museums...finally, the source
>nations are basing the repatriation argument somewhat on human rights
>law, if anyone knows of a good source demonstrating this, i would really
>appreciate being notified about it...sorry for so many requests but the
>subject is so full of conflict i need to find out as many aspects as
>possible...thanks for any help
>
>
>"B. Bengs":

If you need more information on undroit, try the web at
http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/unidroit.html.

Cheers,

Art

Art Harris
Laboratory for Environmental Biology
Centennial Museum
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX  79968-0519
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