TY - JOUR
TI - Restitution of Looted Art: What About Access to Justice?
AU - Campfens, Evelien
TI - Restitution of Looted Art: What About Access to Justice?
AB - 
	international conventions clearly establish the rule that misappropriated artefacts should be returned, the situation with respect to losses that predate these conventions is highly fragmented. The question of whose interests are given priority in title disputes that regard such losses – those of the former owner or a new possessor – vary per jurisdiction. Given the fragmented situation, international soft-law instruments promote an ethical approach and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a way of filling this “gap”. A lack of transparent neutral procedures to implement and clarify soft-law norms has proven problematic in this regard. The questions raised in this paper are: why is ADR necessary; and what about guarantees in terms of access to justice in such an “ethical” framework? Two recent initiatives are discussed in this article: the European Parliament resolution of 17 January 2019 on cross-border restitution claims of works of art and cultural goods looted in armed conflicts and wars; and the newly established Court of  Arbitration for Art in The Hague.
VL - 2018
IS - 2/2018 (4)
PY - 2019
SN - 2391-7997
C1 - 2450-050X
SP - 185
EP - 220
DO - 10.4467/2450050XSNR.18.024.10378
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/saaclr/artykul/restitution-of-looted-art-what-about-access-to-justice
KW - looted art
KW - restitution claims
KW - alternative dispute resolution
KW - European regulation
KW - Nazi-looted art
KW - Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA)
KW - human rights