The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict

Amicus Curiae, Issue 71, Autumn 2007, 3–7

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Roger O'Keefe

Bocconi University - Department of Law

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

Suggested Citation

O'Keefe, Roger, The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict (2007). Amicus Curiae, Issue 71, Autumn 2007, 3–7, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3496584 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3496584

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