Pre-Conflict Planning for Cultural Property Protection in the Event of Armed Conflict

Summary

One way to limit the amount of damage done to cultural property during armed conflict is to work within the international framework developed by the 1954 Hague Convention for the

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. This international treaty requires its signatories to develop processes to protect cultural properties including significant archaeological sites and monuments. One way to lessen the likelihood of damage to cultural

properties is to have the discussions about what is significant, what data would military planners need to add cultural property to a "No Strike list," and how would one get that data to the appropriate place in the military structure. In the recent past lists of cultural property were developed in an ad hoc manner. In my presentation, I will lay out the international framework created by the 1954 Hague Convention and discuss recent efforts of academics, heritage managers, and military members to lessen the effects of armed conflict on cultural property.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Post-conflict Archaeology

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