Cultural property is targeted for two reasons during armed conflict: casualities resulting from military necessity and the exigencies of war, and purposeful destruction of cultural property as a determined warfare policy utilized by one or both sides to the battle.
The international community should protect cultural heritage against both conventional military forces’ operations during symmetric combat and terrorist groups’ propaganda activities.
In the second part of a lecture delivered to students at the O.P. Jindal Global Law University on international law and addressing the impact of conflict on cultural property, Aarna Law Managing Partner Kamala Naganand breaks down the various treaties that have come into play over the years which look at protecting cultural property. The discussion moves on to the implementation and enforcement of these international obligations.
In a lecture delivered to students at the O.P. Jindal Global Law University, Aarna Law Managing Partner Kamala Naganand traces the historical background of the protection of cultural heritage in times of war, exploring the history of how international law has addressed these issues with case studies case studies of cultural property that have been targets of attacks in recent times.
