Laws and Policies


International Conventions, Resolutions and Treaties on Cultural Property
Leiber Code
Hague Conventions of 1899, 1907, 1954
UNESCO Conventions (1970, 1972, 2003)
HR Council Resolution 10/23
UNIDRIOT 1995 Convention
World International Property Organization Administered Treaties
Convention on Biological DiversityNagoya Protocol and Bonn Guidelines
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

US Laws
National Antiquities Act of 1906
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990)

New Zealand Laws
New Zealand Protected Objects Act of 1975

Related Cases

United States
Austria v. Altmann 541 U.S. 677 (2004)

U.S. v. Portrait of Wally (105 F. Supp 2d 288 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)

Australia
Foster v Mountford and Rigby Ltd (1976) 14 ALR 71
Available on LexisNexusAU
Pitjantjatjara Council Inc and Peter Nganingu v John Lowe and Lyn Bender
(1983) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 1, 1-16.

Yumbulul v Reserve Bank of Australia (1991) 21 IPR 481

Milpurruru v Indofurn Pty Ltd (1994) 30 IPR 209
Available on LegalOnline/WestLaw

Bulun Bulun v R and T Textiles (1998) 41 IPR 513

France
The Paris-Hopi Cases: Survival International France v. Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou (2013)
Case files can be found here.