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28
June
2024

France issues rules for its human-remains restitution process

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📅 28 June 2024 📍 France

A decree established implementing rules for the 2023 law on returning human remains from public collections, including how requests and advisory review are handled. The decree makes the new legal pathway operational for qualifying cases. Because it centers requests by foreign states and funerary return, its scope remains narrower than community-led restitution demands and broader claims concerning colonial collections.

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