Respecting state sovereignty in international cultural property disputes is crucial because it is the lack of such respect in documents like UNESCO Convention that has forced market nations to enact cultural property regimes which strip source nations of their ability to equitably pursue looted cultural property. Mediation should be used to resolve such disputes because it is confidential (as is arbitration) and before mediation begins, disputants can agree to make the proceedings and the result completely private.
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