Attacks on Cultural Heritage

Legal analysis shows how Russia’s actions meet the threshold for the crime of persecution under international law.

Extermination is often overshadowed by or conflated with genocide, it is no less egregious in its scope and effects. Prosecuting the crime of extermination is essential.

Bonnie Docherty discusses how a new legal framework could change how nations protect cultural heritage during armed conflict.

Destroying cultural heritage in armed conflict impacts civilians and those who treasure it. States have legal and policy tools to protect it.

When a government denies the cultural legitimacy of a specific community, a powerful act of political resistance is to protect that identity.

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