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- Title
WAR OR PEACE: IT IS TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES TO RATIFY THE 1954 HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICTS.
- Authors
Campagna, Juliana V.
- Abstract
The article asserts that it is time for the U.S. to reaffirm its recognition of the equal rights of all world people to their cultural heritage by ratifying the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. It discusses the rampant looting and destruction of cultural property occurring in Iraq since the American-led occupation. The historical development of the concepts articulated in the treaty is considered.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PROTECTION of cultural property; PROTECTION of cultural property (International law); WAR (International law); HISTORIC preservation; HAGUE, Treaty of, 1717
- Publication
Florida Journal of International Law, 2005, Vol 17, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
1556-2670
- Publication type
Article