Cultural Property in War: Improvement in Protection Commentary on the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

by Jiri Toman

This detailed analysis of the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999) was written by Dr. Jiri Toman at the request of UNESCO. The study completes the author's 1996 publication of the commentary on the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (the "Convention") and its 1954 (First) Protocol.

The work is intended for practitioners, scholars, diplomats, civil servants and students interested in the international legal protection of cultural property, both in peacetime and in the event of armed conflict. It also highlights UNESCO's contribution to the work in this field.

892 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2009