Abstract

This article addresses the restitution of cultural property removed from the context of colonialism, the establishment of the international regime for the protection and restitution of cultural heritage, its principles, limitations and possibilities. Discusses the legitimacy of claims for restitution from the perspective of imprescriptibility crimes against Human Rights of the colonial period, and as a means for the decolonization of the relations between former colonies and former metropolis and reverse the effects of colonialism still present as the weaknesses of national identities of former colonies. Keywords: Restitution, Cultural properties, Development, Colonialism

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  • This article addresses the restitution of cultural property removed from the context of colonialism, the establishment of the international regime for the protection and restitution of cultural heritage, its principles, limitations and possibilities

  • É necessário o debate sobre o retorno aos países de origem dos bens culturais saqueados pelas metrópoles coloniais, parte da discussão sobre a reparação histórica aos povos que sofreram com as violações reiteradas pelo colonialismo

  • Urgem mudanças para que os direitos dos povos das ex-colônias aos seus próprios bens culturais, à sua cultura, à construção integradora e pacífica de sua identidade nacional com vistas ao desenvolvimento e à paz, estejam garantidos, não apenas nos tratados, mas na vida

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This article addresses the restitution of cultural property removed from the context of colonialism, the establishment of the international regime for the protection and restitution of cultural heritage, its principles, limitations and possibilities. É necessário o debate sobre o retorno aos países de origem dos bens culturais saqueados pelas metrópoles coloniais, parte da discussão sobre a reparação histórica aos povos que sofreram com as violações reiteradas pelo colonialismo.

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