tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8993705198314119648..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Cultural property 101 for collectorsPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-12550748321737263762009-08-09T00:59:07.487-07:002009-08-09T00:59:07.487-07:00"Observation" is not the same thing thou..."Observation" is not the same thing though is it? <br /><br />But Article 5 (among others) http://www.icomos.org/hague/HagueArt5.html <br />certainly seems to me to cover looting of the national museum and other collections, no matter whoever is doing it.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-81665862672219005072009-08-04T14:42:11.905-07:002009-08-04T14:42:11.905-07:00Just a small quibble, Paul: in April 2003, the 195...Just a small quibble, Paul: in April 2003, the 1954 Hague Convention was observed by the U.S. as a matter of customary international law, even though it had not been ratified. The problem is that Hague does not obligate warring parties to secure museums from looting by civilians, only from looting by soldiers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720157253633757378noreply@blogger.com