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12 J. Int'l L & Int'l Rel. 9 (2016)
Harmonizing the Law to Protect Cultural Diplomacy: The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunities Clarification Act

handle is hein.journals/jilwirl12 and id is 9 raw text is: HARMONIZING THE LAW TO PROTECT CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: THE FOREIGN CULTURAL EXCHANGE JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES CLARIFICATION ACT EMILY BEHZADI* I. P REA M BLE ........................................................................................................... 10 II. IN TROD U CTION .................................................................................................... 10 III. B ACKGROUN D ..................................................................................................... 13 1. THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT (FSIA) ............................... 13 2. IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE ACT (IFSA) .................................................... 15 3. MALEVICZ V. CITY OF AMSTERDAM: INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN FSIA AND IFSA ...................................................................... 16 4. FOREIGN CULTURAL EXCHANGE JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY C LARIFICATION A CT .................................................................................... 18 IV. CULTURAL OBJECTS ON LOAN SHOULD NOT CONSTITUTE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO FSIA ................................................................... 21 V. THE FOREIGN CULTURAL EXCHANGE JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY CLARIFICATION ACT WOULD EASE THE TENSION BETWEEN FSIA AND IFSA 25 1. A CLARIFICATION BILL WILL NARROWLY STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF MUSEUMS TO BORROW FOREIGN ART AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS ............ 25 2. THE PROPOSED BILL DOES NOT ENCOURAGE THE EXHIBITION OF STOLEN A RT .......................................................................................... 26 3. FUTURE EXCHANGES ARE THREATENED BY THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN FSIA AND IFSA ...................................................................................... 28 4. THE HOLOCAUST ERA EXCEPTION IS APPROPRIATE ................................. 29 VI. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION FOR IMMUNITY FROM SUIT AND IM M UNITY FROM SEIZURE .......................................................................... 31 V II. C ON CLU SION ...................................................................................................... 33 JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2015. I thank Professor Anne-Marie Carstens, Georgetown University Law Center, for sharing your expertise and perspective. I thank Dean Leticia Diaz, Barry University School of Law, and Vincent Sena for your input and valuable feedback. © 2016 Journal of International Law and International Relations Vol 12 No. 1, pages 9-34. ISSN: 1712-2998.