TY - JOUR
KW - Conflicts (ICH\_1118)
KW - Human rights (THE\_5675)
KW - Justice and Strong Institutions (ICH\_1394)
KW - SDG 16: Peace
KW - Social conflicts (THE\_65396)
KW - UNESCO cultural conventions
KW - conduct of hostilities
KW - Cultural property
KW - different types of harm to cultural identity
KW - Indigenous peoples
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - International human rights law
KW - law of armed conflict
KW - military occupation
KW - misappropriation and illicit traffic
KW - non-international armed conflict
KW - Tangible cultural heritage
AU - Christiane Johannot-gradis
AB - In war, individuals are vulnerable not only physically but also in terms of their cultural identity, and the obliteration of cultural heritage often becomes a central issue. This is particularly the case in armed conflicts with an ethnic, cultural or religious character. In some regions, cultural heritage consists more of monuments and objects; it is a "tangible" heritage, mostly protected by the law of armed conflict. Elsewhere, where structures are impermanent, cultural heritage is mainly expressed through orality, gestures, rituals, music and other forms of expression that individuals create using various media and instruments. Such heritage is mainly "intangible". This essay aims to show that cultural heritage is both tangible and intangible, and that the law which protects such heritage is not limited to the law of armed conflict. Cultural heritage also benefits from the protection of other applicable instruments, such as human rights treaties and the UNESCO cultural heritage conventions.
DO - 10.1017/S1816383115000879
M1 - 900
N1 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
N2 - In war, individuals are vulnerable not only physically but also in terms of their cultural identity, and the obliteration of cultural heritage often becomes a central issue. This is particularly the case in armed conflicts with an ethnic, cultural or religious character. In some regions, cultural heritage consists more of monuments and objects; it is a "tangible" heritage, mostly protected by the law of armed conflict. Elsewhere, where structures are impermanent, cultural heritage is mainly expressed through orality, gestures, rituals, music and other forms of expression that individuals create using various media and instruments. Such heritage is mainly "intangible". This essay aims to show that cultural heritage is both tangible and intangible, and that the law which protects such heritage is not limited to the law of armed conflict. Cultural heritage also benefits from the protection of other applicable instruments, such as human rights treaties and the UNESCO cultural heritage conventions.
SP - 1253
EP - 1275
TI - Protecting the past for the future: How does law protect tangible and intangible cultural heritage in armed conflict?
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961206361&doi=10.1017%2fS1816383115000879&partnerID=40&md5=ae98b1c9103190149bab229b81cf5636
VL - 97
SN - 18163831 (ISSN)
ER -