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AU REPORT ON ONGOING COOPERATION BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPE ON CULTURAL GOODS, 2014
The study, using documented sources and survey research of selected African States, produces an i... more The study, using documented sources and survey research of selected African States, produces an inventory of activities on the protection of cultural goods in Africa, including the return of those stolen or illicitly exported in addition to the fight against illicit trafficking of those (under negotiation or ongoing), implemented after 2002 when the African Union emerged. These include those defined by the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property; the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Ironically, the study shows that in spite of the enormous gains the various African nations stand to gain from full implementation of these conventions, not many countries have ratified these conventions.
Consequently, the political will, administrative support, institutional and legislative frameworks in place to control illicit export or rehabilitate destroyed natural and cultural sites differ from one African nation to the other. This variance is partly responsible for the seeming minimal successes in the fight against illicit trade in African cultural goods as well as the relative low number of illegally exported cultural goods in Europe and America so far returned to their original communities in Africa. The study documents the number of Conventions and how African Member States that have joined them; domesticated or failed to domesticate them in their national laws; and provides an inventory of cultural goods repatriated from European Union Member States and the means of facilitation of the return. A survey of stakeholders in the cultural industry helps to provide an inventory of activities carried out by various countries towards protecting their cultural heritage. An audit of training imperatives emerges the survey and proposal for inventorying and digitization of cultural objects is made. The study presents a picture of the situation in the continent regarding the often- neglected underwater cultural goods. Finally, recommendations for future work are made both for the African Union Commission and for African Union Member States.
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Consequently, the political will, administrative support, institutional and legislative frameworks in place to control illicit export or rehabilitate destroyed natural and cultural sites differ from one African nation to the other. This variance is partly responsible for the seeming minimal successes in the fight against illicit trade in African cultural goods as well as the relative low number of illegally exported cultural goods in Europe and America so far returned to their original communities in Africa. The study documents the number of Conventions and how African Member States that have joined them; domesticated or failed to domesticate them in their national laws; and provides an inventory of cultural goods repatriated from European Union Member States and the means of facilitation of the return. A survey of stakeholders in the cultural industry helps to provide an inventory of activities carried out by various countries towards protecting their cultural heritage. An audit of training imperatives emerges the survey and proposal for inventorying and digitization of cultural objects is made. The study presents a picture of the situation in the continent regarding the often- neglected underwater cultural goods. Finally, recommendations for future work are made both for the African Union Commission and for African Union Member States.
Consequently, the political will, administrative support, institutional and legislative frameworks in place to control illicit export or rehabilitate destroyed natural and cultural sites differ from one African nation to the other. This variance is partly responsible for the seeming minimal successes in the fight against illicit trade in African cultural goods as well as the relative low number of illegally exported cultural goods in Europe and America so far returned to their original communities in Africa. The study documents the number of Conventions and how African Member States that have joined them; domesticated or failed to domesticate them in their national laws; and provides an inventory of cultural goods repatriated from European Union Member States and the means of facilitation of the return. A survey of stakeholders in the cultural industry helps to provide an inventory of activities carried out by various countries towards protecting their cultural heritage. An audit of training imperatives emerges the survey and proposal for inventorying and digitization of cultural objects is made. The study presents a picture of the situation in the continent regarding the often- neglected underwater cultural goods. Finally, recommendations for future work are made both for the African Union Commission and for African Union Member States.