Care of Historic Human Remains Consultation This consultation has now ended. The consultation period was 28 July to 29 October 2004. Response to the "Care of historic human remains" consultation.
This consultation paper looks at, among other things, current laws relating to collections of human remains in UK museums and claims for their repatriation.
The document, jointly published with the Welsh Assembly, is based on the recommendations of the Working Group on Human Remains in a report published in November 2003.
The main points of the consultation are:
- Whether current laws relating to the holding of human remains by UK museums, taken together with the new provisions of the Human Tissues Bill, are sufficient;
- Whether museums holding human remains should be subject to some form of Code of Practice or regulation;
- Whether the Government should establish a Human Remains Advisory Panel to mediate claims for repatriation; and
- How museums should handle claims for restitution of human remains and what model of consent should be adopted in dealing with any claims.
This consultation has now ended. The consultation period was 28 July to 29 October 2004.
Respondents in England and Northern Ireland should reply to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at:
By post:
James Dowling
Cultural Property Unit
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH
UK
Respondents in Wales should reply to the Welsh Assembly Government at:
by post: Joanne Corfield
Museums Branch
Directorate for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport
Welsh Assembly Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff CF10 3NQ
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the National Assembly for Wales intend to publish the responses to this document. Normally, the name and address (or part of the address) of its author are published along with the response, as this gives credibility to the consultation exercise. If you do not wish to be identified as the author of your response, please state this expressly in writing to us and we will remove your name and address from the published response.
If you wish to pursue a complaint about the process of consultation on this paper, please contact Liz Sweet, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, liz.sweet@culture.gsi.gov.uk These documents are available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
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