THE SITUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS FOR MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS, REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS OF THE 1954 HAGUE CONVENTION

—The situation of the implementation of “The Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict” and its issues (Part 2)—

Abstract

Under the Hague Convention, the states parties in peacetime must establish services or specialist personnel engaged in the protection of cultural property within their armed forces and introduce the provisions concerning the Convention into their military regulations or instructions. In the light of the philosophy of the Hague Convention, these measures are part of the most important matters. This paper aims to clarify whether or how these provisions have been implemented. As a result, for the both provisions, the situation and measures of implementation proved to be not enough, but partly, measures considered practically effective are found out.