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23. International Law & Cultural Heritage | Iran
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23.1 Wartime and Peacetime International Protection of Cultural Heritage

Wartime international protection of cultural heritage as a narrow concept refers especially to a system defined and introduced by the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its twin (first and second) protocols. The protection structure is based o…

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Zaheri, Alireza, “23. International Law & Cultural Heritage | Iran”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 02 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_3078>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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