Haydee Dijkstal examines a potential legal remedy to help victims seek justice.
Fionnuala Rogers makes recommendations for British government to close a gateway for illicit cultural property.
Claire Buchan Parker explores ways in which public awareness campaigns have been used to advance the protection of human life, endangered species, and antiquities, and offers suggestions for how NGOs, individuals, and other interested parties can advance the cause of protecting cultural heritage and antiquities.
Sam Greene advocates for preventing the illicit trade by fortifying the legitimate trade through the use of a Multilateral Export Control Regime (MECR).
Terry Townshend builds on recent developments by examining the climate change-related risks facing cultural World Heritage Sites and makes recommendations for how to assess and mitigate those risks.
Justice Luigi Marini argues that a collaborative approach through the establishment of a network with authorities, the academy and the community at the national and local levels is needed to adequately support archaeologists who bear witness to looting in this Commentary.
Blythe Alison Bowman Balestrieri draws from a global survey on why many field archaeologist say they do not report archaeological site looting when they encounter it, and argues that the duty to report should be a central tenet of a field archaeologist’s professional ethics.
The Global Go To Think Tank Index, published annually by the University of Pennsylvania, has honored the Antiquities Coalition as one of the “Best New Think Tanks of 2017.”
Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, eBay, Amazon, and WhatsApp have made it easier for looters and traffickers to directly contact potential buyers—cutting out the middlemen.
