![]() International humanitarian law specifically seeks to protect persons who are not (or are no longer) participating in the hostilities and ‘restricts the means and methods of warfare’. It is part of international law and defines a set of rules which seek to limit the effects of armed conflict. International humanitarian law is also known as the law of armed conflict. International Humanitarian Law and Cultural Heritage Protection ![]() Today, many international law instruments, as the 1954 Hague Convention, and international organizations, as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) provide hard and soft law instruments prohibiting cultural heritage destruction in situations of armed conflict and times of peace. Cultural heritage is vulnerable especially in situation of armed conflict, where the destruction of archaeological sites or artefacts of religious or scientific importance may impact individual identities. Historic buildings, monuments, artefacts, contribute to shape individual identities.
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