Prosecuting the destruction of cultural property in international criminal law : with a case study on the Khmer Rouge's destruction of Cambodia's heritage / by Caroline Ehlert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehlert, Caroline.

Series:

International Criminal Law Series 4.

International criminal law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection (International law)--Criminal provisions.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation--Cambodia--Criminal provisions.

International criminal law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : BRILL, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Prosecuting the Destruction of Cultural Property in International Criminal Law Caroline Ehlert offers an analysis of treaty law protecting cultural property from destruction and foremost of the relevant provisions for prosecuting the destruction of cultural property in international criminal law. The wanton destruction of valuable cultural property during armed conflict as well as during peacetime is omnipresent. Therefore it is of the utmost importance to provide for provisions criminalising the destruction of cultural property and offering a basis for the prosecution of possible perpetrators.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Preliminary Remarks

Prohibition of the Destruction of Cultural Property in International Treaty Law

The Prosecution of the Destruction of Cultural Property in the Practice of the International Criminal Tribunals

Case Study Cambodia

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).

ISBN:

90-04-25763-2

OCLC:

862610177

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004257634 DOI