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  • Convention for Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on convention for protection of cultural property in armed conflict explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "cultural property, convention for protection of, in […]

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 4

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   FINAL PROVISIONS Article 29 LANGUAGES 1. The present Convention is drawn up in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the four texts being equally authoritative. 2. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shall arrange for translations of the Convention into…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 4

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   FINAL PROVISIONS Article 29 LANGUAGES 1. The present Convention is drawn up in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the four texts being equally authoritative. 2. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shall arrange for translations of the Convention into…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 3

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   CHAPTER VI: SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION Article 18 APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION 1. Apart from the provisions which shall take effect in time of peace, the present Convention shall apply in the event of declared war or of any…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 2

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   Article 9 IMMUNITY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY UNDER SPECIAL PROTECTION The High Contracting Parties undertake to ensure the immunity of cultural property under special protection by refraining, from the time of entry in the International Register, from any act of hostility directed…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING PROTECTION Article 1 DEFINITION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY For the purposes of the present Convention, the term “cultural property” shall cover, irrespective of origin or ownership: (a) movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING PROTECTION Article 1 DEFINITION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY For the purposes of the present Convention, the term “cultural property” shall cover, irrespective of origin or ownership: (a) movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural…

  • Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

    Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage   III. Intergovernmental Committee For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage Article 8 1. An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, called “the World Heritage Committee”, is hereby established within the United…

  • Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat

    Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage I. Definition of The Cultural And Natural Heritage Article 1 For the purpose of this Convention, the following shall be considered as “cultural heritage”: monuments: architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archeological nature, inscriptions, cave dwellings and…

  • Culture protection: Antiquities Under Siege

    Culture protection: Antiquities Under Siege Lawrence Rothfield, ed., Antiquities Under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection After the Iraq War (Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2008) provides additional testimony to this trend. Right at the beginning, editor Rothfield sounds the alarm: “Illegal digging on a massive scale continues to this day, virtually unchecked, with Iraq’s ten thousand officially…

  • International law: Culture protection

    International law: Culture protection Table of Contents: Introduction Background Resources Other Resource Guides Background Websites Major Treatises Symposia Bibliographies Journals Dedicates to Cultural Property Law and Art Law Journal Indexes News Sources Legal Instruments International Legal Conventions European Legal Documents Regional Treaties Bilateral/Multilateral Treaties National Legal Documents Efforts to Protect Cultural Property International/Regional Conferences/Organizations/Agencies Responses…

  • Arms Control Conventions

    Arms Control international Conventions Rules of Warfare, Arms Control multilateral conventions Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field . Prepared by Francis Lieber (The Lieber Code) (1863) Convention (I) for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (29 Jul 1899) Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of…

  • Cultural Protection conventions

    Cultural Protection Treaties and related International Agreements Cultural Protection Treaties Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (Roerich Pact) (15 Apr 35) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (14 May 54). text version and other commentary / States Parties to the Convention European…

  • Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990

    International Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990 See also: Conventions: Chronological Index International Conventions from 1991 Conventions: Chronological Index: 1951-1970 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR) (2 Feb 1971). Ramsar Convention Bureau Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and…

  • Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970

    International Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970 See also Conventions: Chronological Index and Conventions: Chronological Index: 1971-1990 Conventions Chronological Index 1951-1970 Convention for the Establishment of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization 18 Apr 1951) Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (28 Jul 1951) International Plant Protection Convention (6 Dec 1951) and the Plant Protection…