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A mediation of the CIVS allows the restitution by Switzerland of a stolen work of art
Monday, March 12 th, the Museum of Fine Artsof La Chaux-de-Fonds returned a stolen work of art. The mediation of the Commission for the compensation of victims of spoliations has found a way out to ten years a standoff between the Swiss municipality and the rights holders.
The CIVS will convene in Israel from May 18 to 22, 2009
From the 18th to the 22st of May, a French delegation will examine 75 files from Israeli
February 1, 2024: new purviews, new name, new deliberative panel of CIVS
The reform of the policy of restitution of cultural goods spoiled in the context of Anti-Semitic persecutions between 1933 and 1945, introduced by the law of July 22, 2023 and its decree of January 5, 2024, entered into force on February 1, 2024.
Recall : THE CONFERENCE OF THE TWENTY YEARS OF THE CIVS WILL BE HELD ON 15 NOVEMBER 2019
On Friday 15 November, the conference “Twenty years of reparation for anti-semitic spoliations during the Occupation: between compensation and restitution” will be held in Paris.(see the program).
Establishment of a Network of European Restitution Committees
The CIVS, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2019, will manage the Network during its first year.
Procedure of compensation
The CIVS wants to point that the procedure of compensation does not concern only
Return of 12 works to the heirs of Armand Dorville
On the recommendation of the CIVS, Prime Minister Jean Castex has decided to return to the descendants of the Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville twelve works acquired by the French State in 1942. These artworks are currently in the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Château de Compiègne.
Renewal of the CIVS
The CIVS has just been renewed for a duration of 5 years. The decree concerning
The CIVS changes management in spring 2023
Mr. Jérôme Bénézech is leaving his position as Director of the CIVS at the end of March.
The CIVS at the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial
On 7 April, the CIVS visited the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, the site of the main internment camp in the south of France between 1941 and 1942.
