Cultural heritage in times of conflict in Syria and Iraq: a case for prosecution?
By Toon Bijnens, ICSSI The Hague, December 2015 In a landmark case for cultural crimes, the first person charged with...
Heritage Protection
Civil society campaign to save the cultural heritage of Iraq. Together we will work to determine the requirements and priorities to save Iraqi heritage.
Dominican Monk Saves 800 Manuscripts at Risk from Daesh across Kurdistan
Shafaq News Nothing concerned Dominican Iraqi monk Najib Michael from the Dominican Fathers Church in Paris more than saving his...
Looted in Syria – and Sold in London: The British Antiques Shops Dealing in Artefacts Smuggled by Daesh
When Mark Altaweel agreed to hunt for ‘blood antiquities’ in London dealerships, he was expecting more of a challenge. But...
UK to Adopt Hague Convention to Protect Artefacts in War Zones
Source: BBC A major international agreement designed to protect cultural property during military conflict is to be finally ratified by...
On the Battlefields of Antique Art
In his First Newspaper Interview, Robert Hecht, The World’s Leading Dealer in Antiquities, Talks to Geraldine Norman in Defence of...
Civil Society Launches a Campaign to Save the Cultural Heritage of Iraq
Baghdad \ London \ Rome \ March 29th, 2015 A group of civil society organizations and intellectuals in Iraq,...