INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT AND OCCUPATION

Abstract

Cultural property, having a great value, no matter how determined the notion of cultural property, and whether they still were marked as such, have always enjoyed a degree of legal protection. The wars involve destruction where the cultural goods are inevitably destroyed. They are destroyed, either as a consequence of enemies actions or through the war itself where they are destroyed consciously and with intention. However, there has always been a tendence to protect cultural goods from the consequences of the war action. A number of rules relating to a war conducted protect a lot of objects (religious places most often). Existing rules of customary law were for the first time codified in the middle of 19^th century. International legal protection of cultural property during the war for the first time founded on the Laws and customs of war on land of 1899. , which outlines the obligations concerning the protection of cultural property du-ring the siege and bombardment. The same Convention prohibits the destruction of property that presents cultural goods. Subsequent Hague convention of 1907. on the laws and customs of war elaborated these rules in the framework of regulations. A major area is the analyzies of the \Hague convention of the protection of cultural property during the armed conflict from 1954, and two additional Protocols.