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The 2024 activity report has just been published
Find out more about the 2024 report to the public on the work of the CIVS. 2024 is marked by the entry into force of the law of 22 July 2023.

Discover the 20th issue of the European restitution committees Newsletter
The European Network of Restitution Committees has published the 20th issue of the Newsletter.

Recovered memories. In Paris on June 26
With its European partners, the CIVS organizes, on Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Paris, the conference "Recovered Memories" devoted to a dialogue between families, institutions and commissions responsible for restoring looted goods.

The European Network of Restitution Committees brought together in Berlin
On March 20 and 21, 2025, at the French Embassy in Berlin, the CIVS brought together its partners for a meeting organized within the framework of the French presidency of the European network of Restitutions Committees.

Discover the 19th issue of the European restitution committees Newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the 19th issue of the Newsletter.

The 2023 activity report has just been published
Find out more about the 2023 report to the public on the work of the CIVS. 2023 is marked by the drafting of the law of July 22, 2023 and by preparations for its implementation.

The European Network of Restitution Committees brought together in Paris
On October 1, 2024, CIVS brought together its German, Austrian, British and Dutch partners in Paris, to launch the French presidency of the European Network of Restitution Committees.

Discover the 18th issue of the European restitution committees Newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the 18th issue of the Newletter.

Appointment of Frédérique Dreifuss-Netter as President of the CIVS
On the 24th of June 2024, Ms. Frédérique Dreifuss-Netter, Honorary Advisor to the Court of Cassation, was appointed by decree President of the CIVS.

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.
