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

Done at the Hague, 14 May 1954
Entered in force: 7 August 1956
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Contents

Preamble
Chapter I. General provisions regarding protection
Article 1. Definition of cultural property
Article 2. Protection of cultural property
Article 3. Safeguarding of cultural property
Article 4. Respect for cultural property
Article 5. Occupation
Article 6. Distinctive marking of cultural property
Article 7. Military measures
Chapter II. Special Protection
Article 8. Granting of special protection
Article 9. Immunity of cultural property under special protection
Article 10. Identification and control
Article 11. Withdrawal of immunity
Chapter III. Transport of cultural property
Article 12. Transport under special protection
Article 13. Transport in urgent cases
Article 14. Immunity from seizure, capture and prize
Chapter IV. Personnel
Article 15. Personnel
Chapter V. The distinctive emblem
Article 16. Emblem of the convention
Article 17. Use of the emblem
Chapter VI. Scope of application of the Convention
Article 18. Application of the Convention
Article 19. Conflicts not of an international character
Chapter VII. Execution of the Convention
Article 20. Regulations for the execution of the convention
Article 21. Protecting powers
Article 22. Conciliation procedure
Article 23. Assistance of Unesco
Article 24. Special agreements
Article 25. Dissemination of the Convention
Article 26. Translations reports
Article 27. Meetings
Article 28. Sanctions
Final provisions
Article 29. Languages
Article 30. Signature
Article 31. Ratification
Article 32. Accession
Article 33. Entry into force
Article 34. Effective application
Article 35. Territorial extension of the Convention
Article 36. Relation to previous conventions
Article 37. Denunciation
Article 38. Notification
Article 39. Revision of the Convention and of the Regulations for its execution
Article 40. Registration
Regulations for the Execution of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

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