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Article: PEACE TREATY CLAIM WAIVERS: THE CASE OF PRINCE HANS-ADAM II OF LIECHTENSTEIN AND THE "SCENE AT A ROMAN WELL"
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- The George Washington International Law Review
- Article date:
- August 10, 2006
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I. INTRODUCTION
The romantic and obscure legal battle waged by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein for the return of his family's painting, Pieter van Lier's "Scene at a Roman Well," recently met defeat in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).1 Attempts to recover the painting, confiscated by the Czechoslovakian government after World War II, took the prince through the German court system, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), and the ICJ. In the end, the prince failed to overcome the legal force of the Convention for the Settlement of Matters Arising Out of the War and the Occupation (Settlement Agreement), a treaty signed by the Allied victors of World War II and Germany ...