The event will gather Brazilian and foreign experts to share their knowledge on the topic of return of cultural heritage.
This forum is a partnership of the Brazilian Heritage Center with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA-USP), where the Center is currently incubating a provenance research center and digital repository.
The Declaration of the BRICS Ministers of Culture of 25 May 2025 about the return and safeguarding of cultural property:
- 3.1 Affirm the importance of the return of cultural property to their countries of origin as a
path for promoting social cohesion, cultural and historical justice, reconciliation, and
collective memory, as well as for strengthening intergenerational knowledge transmission,
safeguarding historical continuity, and fostering deeper cooperation among states; - 3.2 Endeavour to ensure everyone´s right to freely participate in cultural life as well as to
access culture and cultural heritage, especially that of its own community; - 3.3 Acknowledge the importance of the return of cultural property to their countries of
origin and its potential for rebuilding international relations in a non-hierarchical,
cooperative basis, and we recognise the need for a more robust international framework on
the matter; - 3.4 Commit to strengthen cooperation in the subject of the return of cultural property by
sharing experiences, national procedures, legislation and successful cases, by promoting
heritage education and museum education, exchanging information among governmental
instances and academic experts, as well as aligning priorities and policies in multilateral
organisations with the aim of fostering progress in the field;
