Measures against the illicit trade in cultural objects: the emerging strategy in Britain

• Autores: David Gaimster
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 78, Nº 301, 2004, págs. 699-707
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Until recently the UK was notorious for its illicit market in unlawfully removed art and antiquities from around the globe. Today the UK marketplace is operating in a very different climate. The UK has recently become a state party to the 1970 UNESCO Convention and is now introducing a package of measures designed to strengthen its treaty obligations, central to which is the creation of a new criminal offence of dishonestly dealing in cultural objects unlawfully removed anywhere in the world. These also include the development of effective tools to aid enforcement and due-diligence. Recent events in Iraq have also forced the UK Government to announce its intention to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention.