Attacks against Cultural Property in Armed Conflict – How to Reduce the Risk of Impunity?
Journal: Santander Art and Culture Law Review
Year: 2024

People see cultural property as their heritage, which identifies them and made them who they are today. Loss of cultural property deprives people of tangible remnants of their past and leaves deep unhealable wounds. Therefore, there are special regimes and measures in place in order to protect cultural property during armed conflict. However, instead of saving and sparing cultural property, belligerents often even intentionally target the cultural property of the other people as a means of warfa