STUDY ON CULTURAL HERITAGE RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATED APPLICATION OF UNESCO'S INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

The 1954 Hague Convention, the 1970 Convention, and the 1972 World Heritage Convention

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing the conceptual interactions and the integrated application of the following three UNESCO's International Conventions in culture through examples in Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and Iraq: 1. Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its 1^st Protocol (1954) and 2^nd Protocol (1999), 2. Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970), 3. Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972).