Culture, Media and Sport - Seventh Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 18 July 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
VOLUME I (HC 371-I)
REPORT
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE PROBLEM OF ILLICIT
TRADE
The nature and scale
of the illicit trade
The looting of archaeological
sites
The illicit trade and
the British art market
III. DUE DILIGENCE AND
DATABASES
Codes of Due Diligence
Provenance and confidentiality
The current role of the
police service
Databases
IV. INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES
AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE
The rationale for international
initiatives and a British response
The 1970 UNESCO Convention
The 1995 UNIDROIT Convention
The EC Directive on the
return of cultural objects
United Kingdom export
controls
Possible import controls
and related offences
Conclusions and recommendations
V. MUSEUMS: ACQUISITION
AND RETURN
The purpose of museums
Museums and the illicit
trade
The scale and nature
of claims for return
Handling claims
The legal framework
Decisions on return and
options other than return
The Elgin marbles
Human remains
VI. SPOLIATION
The nature of spoliation
Post-war responses
The revival of concern
and research
The Spoliation Advisory
Panel and legislative change
Spoliation and the British
art market
VII. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: PRESS NOTICE ISSUED
ON 10 FEBRUARY 2000
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED
IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO
THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED
TO THE HOUSE BUT NOT PRINTED
VOLUME II (HC 371-II)
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
VOLUME III (HC 371-III)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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