International cultural heritage law in armed conflict : case-studies of Syria, Libya, Mali, the invasion of Iraq, and the Buddhas of Bamiyan / Marina Lostal, The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lostal, Marina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection (International law).

Cultural property.

War (International law).

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954 May 14).

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

World Heritage Convention (1972 November 16).

World Heritage Convention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book fills gaps in the exploration of the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflict based on the World Heritage Convention. Marina Lostal offers a new perspective, designating a specific protection regime to world cultural heritage sites, which is so far lacking despite the fact that such sites are increasingly targeted. Lostal spells out this area's discrete legal principles, providing accessible and succinct guidelines to a usually complex web of international conventions. Using the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Mali (among others) as case studies, she offers timely insight into the phenomenon of cultural heritage destruction. Lastly, by incorporating the World Heritage Convention into the discourse, this book fulfills UNESCO's long-standing project of exploring 'how to promote the systemic integration between the [World Heritage] Convention of 1972 and the other UNESCO regimes'. It is sure to engender debate and cause reflection over cultural heritage and protection regimes.

Contents:

Two wrong ways of thinking about the legal protection of cultural property in armed conflict

The systemic approach: international cultural heritage law and armed conflict

The World Heritage Convention as the field's common legal denominator

Syria : a case study of the interplay between the World Heritage Convention and the 1954 Hague Convention

Libya and Mali : a case study of the interplay between the World Heritage Convention and the Second Protocol

2003 Iraq and Afghanistan : the World Heritage Convention as the lowest legal common denominator for the protection of cultural heritage

Conclusion

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2017).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316718414

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.