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Is the Absence of a Formal Demand for Restitution a Ground for Non-Restitution?

Should States and institutions holding stolen cultural property not voluntarily take action to return them? What then is the use of the repeated declarations on willingness to co-operate internationally when one is not even willing to consider restoring admittedly stolen items? In what will such States co-operate? By Kwame Opoku. [Full-Text-Aricle, pdf]

Posted on Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm and is filed under E-Library, Occasional Papers, Arts, International Cooperation, Article. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Is the Absence of a Formal Demand for Restitution a Ground for Non-Restitution?”

  1. Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies » Africavenir Newsletter April 2008 Says:
    May 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    […] Kwame Opoku: Is the Absence of a Formal Demand for Restitution a Ground for Non-Restitution? Should States and institutions holding stolen cultural property not voluntarily take action to return them? If not, what is the use of the repeated declarations on willingness to co-operate internationally when one is not even willing to consider restoring admittedly stolen items? In what will such States co-operate? http://africavenir.com/news/2008/04/1828/ […]

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