Principles of Restitution
The HCPO follows certain guiding principles for claims processes aimed at fast, open and transparent restitution of art established as the following:
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Inter-Allied Declaration Against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories Under Enemy Occupation or Control (PDF)
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January 5, 1943
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Military Government – Germany, United State Area of Control: Law No. 59, Restitution of Identifiable Property (PDF)
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November 10, 1947
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Military Government – French Zone of Occupation: Ordonnance No. 120 , Pour toute reclamation joindre la dernière bande reçure (PDF)
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November 10, 1947
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Military Government – British Zone of Control: Law No. 59, Restitution of Identifiable Property to Victims of Nazi Oppression (PDF)
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May 12, 1949
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UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention
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May 14, 1954
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UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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November 16, 1972
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UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (PDF)
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June 24, 1995
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Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art
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December 3, 1998
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ICOM Recommendations Concerning the Return of Works of Art Belonging to Jewish Owners
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January 14, 1999
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Vilnius Forum Declaration (PDF)
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October 5, 2000
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Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference 2009 Terezin Declaration
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June 30, 2009
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UNESCO Declaration of Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War [Draft]
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July 31, 2009
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