Einde inhoudsopgave
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Article 1 Definition of cultural property
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 07-08-1956
- Bronpublicatie:
14-05-1954, Trb. 1955, 47 (uitgifte: 27-04-1955, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
07-08-1956
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
31-10-1958, Trb. 1958, 148 (uitgifte: 31-10-1958, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Openbare orde en veiligheid / Preventie
Internationaal publiekrecht / Bijzondere onderwerpen
For the purposes of the present Convention, the term ‘cultural property’ shall cover, irrespective of origin or ownership:
- (a)
movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural heritage of every people, such as monuments of architecture, art or history, whether religious or secular; archaeological sites; groups of buildings which, as a whole, are of historical or artistic interest; works of art; manuscripts, books and other objects of artistic, historical or archaeological interest; as well as scientific collections and important collections of books or archives or of reproductions of the property defined above;
- (b)
buildings whose main and effective purpose is to preserve or exhibit the movable cultural property defined in sub-paragraph (a) such as museums, large libraries and depositories of archives, and refuges intended to shelter, in the event of armed conflict, the movable cultural property defined in sub-paragraph (a);
- (c)
centres containing a large amount of cultural property as defined in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), to be known as ‘centres containing monuments’.