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Repatriation of Human Remains
Museums and universities in the United Kingdom might soon have to send back the human remains of indigenous people around the world.
A Human Remains Working Group recently recommended to a House of Commons select committee that a National Human Remains Advisory Panel should be established to investigate cases where an institution wanted to retain artefacts or contest a claim.
The Working Group also recommended that leaders or elders from affected communities should be allowed to make claims for repatriation of human remains to their respective communities.
Therefore, it is possible that the United Kingdom will introduce repatriation legislation in the near future. This initiative will be encouraging to Maori whose tipuna were taken from New Zealand and are now stored in museums and other institutions in the United Kingdom.
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