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Discover the fifteenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the fifteenth issue of the newsletter.
Discover the fourteenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the fourteenth issue of the newsletter.
Germany returns five books from Georges Mandel's spoliated library
On July 15, the Prime Minister presided over the ceremony for the restitution of books from the spoliated library of former minister Georges Mandel. This restitution follows a recommendation from the CIVS in February 2021, and at the will of two German libraries to return them to their rightful owners.
Research and restitution: discover the web pages of the Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture and its Research and Restitution Mission (M2RS) have just published their pages devoted to spoliated cultural property.
A first bill for the return or restitution of looted works of art
In summer 2020 the Commission underlined the need for a legislation to allow the removal of looted artworks from public collections. In his Report addressed to the Prime Minister, the President of the CIVS also recommended the adoption of such a bill, which alone “will make it possible to meet the requirement of memory, justice and efficiency” expected.
Discover the twelfth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the twelfth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Four more works returned on December 22, 2021
On December 22, 2021, four more MNR works were returned on the recommendation of the CIVS.
On proposal from the CIVS, the Prime Minister decides the restitution of a painting by Utrillo
On November 22, the Prime Minister decided the restitution of Eglise de Pont-Saint-Martin (Loire Atlantique), a painting by Maurice Utrillo taken from Stefan Osusky, former Ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Paris from 1921 to 1940. This decision is based on the CIVS recommendation dated 9 July 2021.
The 2020 activity report has just been published
It reports on the activities of the Commission during the year 2020, particularly by the health crisis.
Discover the eleventh issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the tenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
