Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Article-by-article commentary on the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (The Hague, 1954), the only universal legal instrument in this field. The author also comments on the Regulations for the Convention’s execution, its protocol and the relevant provisions of the 1977 Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The text gives examples of applications of the Convention and information to contribute to a more general study of the problems of protecting the cultural heritage endangered by war.