Cultural policy
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New York art world battles proposed “slap in face” budget cut
The 56% cut means that nearly $25 million stands to be lost from an annual budget of $46.7 million
War & Conflictarchive
The full text of the Hague convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict (1954)
Neither the U.S.A. nor G.B. have ratified it, despite having insisted, with Turkey, on the inclusion of an exemption clause for military necessity
War & Conflictarchive
The law of war: The Hague Convention as military necessity or military convenience?
The 1954 convention is the product of nearly a century’s thought about cultural property in which it is implicit that it is the heritage of all mankind
European Commissionarchive
Art export law: DGIII still has the upper hand to the relief of the British
But the technocrats of DGXXI, the Customs and Indirect Taxation Department, are drawing up the next set of proposals. To find out what this means, read on