Cultural Restitution
July 3, 2023
SRI LANKA
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Sri Lanka
Updated June 2024
Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Sri Lanka, together
with other restitution news. Entries are updated regularly.
June 2024
Many of the artefacts Sri Lanka is seeking to repatriate from the UK are held in private collections and therefore present significant legal barriers
July 2023
Sri Lanka's cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to appoint a committee to prepare an action plan for repatriating Sri Lankan artefacts in various countries
More News
Explaining why a looted artefact should be returned to its country or community of origin can sometimes be straightforward. But explaining how is altogether different
A unique shell necklace believed to originate from the Bass Strait islands has been returned by The Hunterian collection to representatives from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) who travelled to Glasgow to carry it home
Laying Ancestors to Rest pulls no punches. The recommendations made in a new policy brief published by the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR) include making the sale of human remains illegal and putting an end to the public display of ancestral remains