Indonesian Heritage Objects to Go Home
In a landmark statement in October, a Dutch state council urged for the unconditional return of heritage objects looted from its former colonies, including Indonesia. The Dutch government plans to pour the advice into policy in early 2021.
Tempo
November 3, 2020
WHAT was stolen must be returned,” was the message of Lilian Gonçalves, who chaired the Dutch Council for Culture (Raad voor Cultuur) in a report Colonial Collections and the Admission of Injustice. Gonçalves spoke in early October during the report’s presentation in The Hague to Culture and Education Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven, who requested the advice.
The report underlined that “the recognition of injustic
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