Protecting Cultural Property: The 1954 Hague Convention at 70

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9:00 a.m. EST

Check-in

9:30 a.m. EST

Welcome Remarks on behalf of USCBS, CLS and RAM

9:40 a.m. EST

Session 1: Overview of the Legal Framework for Protection of Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict and O&A

Moderator:

Jane Levine, Columbia Law School, Managing Partner of The ArtRisk Group

Presenter:

Prof. Patty Gerstenblith, DePaul College of Law

10:30 a.m. EST

Break 

10:45 a.m. EST

Session 2: "Around the World" Updates on the Status of Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict and Natural Disaster

Moderator:


Commentators:

Pippa Loengard, Columbia Law School, Executive Director of the Kernochan Center 

1. Sudan: Prof. Solange Ashby, University of California, Los Angeles (armed conflict)
2. Türkiye: Prof. Ömür Harmanşah, University of Illinois, Chicago (earthquake)
3. Ukraine: Roksolana Makar, Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab (armed conflict)
4. Afghanistan: Fahim Rahimi, former Director of the Afghanistan National Museum and Director of the Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan Conservation and Research Institute (armed conflict)
5. Guatemala (Central America): Samuel Franco Arce, Cultural Rescue Center (natural disaster)
6. U.S. Actions to protect cultural heritage in armed conflict: Corine Wegener, Director, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative

12:15 p.m. EST

Lunch Break
Lunch generously sponsored by US Committee of the Blue Shield

1:30 p.m. EST

Session 3: Market Panel: How Can and Should the Market Respond to Looting and Thefts During Armed Conflicts and Natural Disasters?

Moderator:

Presenter:


Commentators:

Cathy Kaplan, Columbia Law School

Jane Levine, Columbia Law School, Managing Partner of The ArtRisk Group 

1. Lucian Simmons, Sotheby's
2. Nicholas O'Donnell, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
3. Birgit Kurtz, Responsible Art Market Initiative

2:45 p.m. EST

Break

3:00 p.m. EST

Session 4: Cultural Heritage, Indigenous and Minority Communities, and Human Rights

Moderator:

Speakers:

James Reap, US Committee of the Blue Shield

1. Prof. Federico Lenzerini, University of Siena
2. Prof. Brian I. Daniels, Director of Research, Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Pennsylvania Museum

4:15 p.m. EST

Closing Remarks


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