.{"id":6400,"date":"2026-03-29T21:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/?post_type=policy-record&#038;p=6400"},"modified":"2026-03-29T21:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:20:42","slug":"benin-dialogue-group","status":"publish","type":"policy-record","link":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/policy-record\/benin-dialogue-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin Dialogue Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectifs :<\/strong><br>The Benin Dialogue Group is a multi-lateral international collaborative working group. It serves as one of the central bodies for discussion on the restitution of cultural belongings looted from Benin City as part of the punitive expedition by the British Army in 1897. Representatives are drawn from the Royal Palace of Benin, Edo State, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments and multiple Western Institution. The Group\u2019s central objective is to establish a museum in Benin City that will facilitate a permanent display of dispersed Benin belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Mesures de restitution\u00a0:<\/strong><br>The Benin Dialogue Group has driven two major interventions into the return of Benin Bronzes. Digital Benin \u2013 a digital platform that connects data from 5,304 belongings across 139 institutions in 21 countries. This platform introduces new scholarship which connects digital documentation to oral histories, object research, historical context, Edo language and a map of the Benin Kingdom. The Museum of West African Art \u2013 this museum was originally conceived and designed as the Benin Royal Museum and was intended to house repatriated Benin Bronzes. MOWAA is now, however, an independent non-profit institution dedicated to the preservation of heritage, expansion of knowledge and celebration of West African arts and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Limites:<\/strong><br>The Group has focused on &#8220;collaborative&#8221; museum display rather than legal restitution, often delaying transfer of ownership rights and physical return. The group has also had challenges circumventing laws in some European countries that resist deaccessioning. There have also been tensions around the rightful place of return, but these have recently been resolved through an MOU between the Federal Government of Nigeria, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, and the Oba of Benin.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":15},"country":[223],"framework-type":[212],"class_list":["post-6400","policy-record","type-policy-record","status-publish","hentry","country-nigeria","framework-type-working-groups"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-record\/6400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-record"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/policy-record"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=6400"},{"taxonomy":"framework-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/framework-type?post=6400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}