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Is More Than an Interdisciplinary Approach to Cultural Heritage Protection Needed?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2022

Kristin Hausler*
Affiliation:
Dorset Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for International Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Extract

The series of attacks against cultural heritage by extremist groups over the past decade have led to many initiatives aimed at strengthening the protection of cultural heritage in situations of conflict. Many of these initiatives adopted an interdisciplinary approach, including lawyers, policymakers, and heritage professionals. However, a number of gaps remains, not only during an armed conflict but also in the pre- and post-conflict stages.

Type
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Heritage and the Arts
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The American Society of International Law.

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References

2 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Art. 5 (1999).

3 The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Art. 1 (1954).

4 Kristin Hausler, Culture Under Attack—The Destruction of Cultural Heritage by Non-state Armed Groups, 2 Santander Art & Culture L. Rev. 133 (2015).

5 Marina Lostal, Kristin Hausler & Pascal Bongard, Armed Non-state Actors and Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict, 24 Int'l J. Cultural Property 407 (2017); see also Geneva Call, Culture Under Fire: Armed Non-state Actors and Cultural Heritage in Wartime (Oct. 2018).

6 The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Art. 23 (1954).

7 In 2021, the author contributed to legislative reviews pertaining to cultural heritage in Iraq, which were led by the Institute for International Law and Human Rights.