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This article comes as the conflict in Syria has entered its fifth year, bringing with it loss of life and the displacement of the Syrian people as well as extensive damage to, and destruction of, the country’s cultural heritage. This article will first provide an overview and explanation of the national and international legal framework for protecting cultural property in conflict as it applies to the Syrian State and the non-State actors involved, using examples from the whole conflict, including the recent actions of Da’esh. Second, we demonstrate that the destruction of all types of cultural property, regardless of its importance, can be considered a prosecutable violation of these laws, and we examine the possibilities for prosecution. Following from this discussion, we question whether the existing framework can be considered effecti
Author(s): Cunliffe E, Muhesin N, Lostal M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Cultural Property
Year: 2016
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-31
Print publication date: 03/03/2016
Online publication date: 28/02/2016
Acceptance date: 20/01/2016
ISSN (print): 0940-7391
ISSN (electronic): 1465-7317
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739116000011
DOI: 10.1017/S0940739116000011
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