The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict
Amicus Curiae, Issue 71, Autumn 2007, 3–7
7 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2019 Last revised: 14 Dec 2019
Date Written: 2007
Abstract
The article makes three simple points about the protection by means of international law of cultural property in armed conflict. First, states and other past parties to armed conflict have placed more, and more sincere, value on sparing and safeguarding immovable and movable cultural property than might be assumed. Next, the international legal protection of cultural property in armed conflict is not a pipe-dream. Thirdly, the criticism that concern for the wartime fate of cultural property displays callousness to the fate of people is misplaced. Each of these points is a useful corrective to seemingly popular and potentially harmful assumptions.
Keywords: cultural property, armed conflict, humanitarian law
JEL Classification: K33
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