Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Trading human remains: why bones should not become a commodity

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol

In recent years, skulls, bones, and even modified human remains have appeared with increasing frequency on online marketplaces and social media platforms. What might once have been confined to specialist collectors has become a global, online trade.

The market is fuelled by diverse groups of buyers. Some are traditional collectors of curiosities, others are ritual practitioners. And a smaller number of contemporary artists and…

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