Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus v. Goldberg and Feldman Fine Arts, Inc.

Abstract

Recognition — States — Effects of non-recognition — Whether preventing entity from becoming a State — Whether decrees of unrecognized entity to be given effect in courts of State withholding recognition — Decree purporting to confiscate abandoned propertyStates — Existence of State — Whether entity meets criteria of Statehood — Whether de facto regime — Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — Effects of non-recognition — Whether displacing authority of Republic of Cyprus in north of Cyprus489War and armed conflict — Occupation — Cultural property — Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 1954 — Whether applicable to taking of property in northern Cyprus — UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting the Illicit Transport, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, 1972 — The law of the United States and of Indiana