RT Conference Proceedings SR 00 A1 CLEMENT, Etienne T1 A historical perspective on the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict: from The Hague 1907 Convention and the Roerich Pact, to the 2003 UNESCO Declaration concerning the intentional destruction of cultural heritage YR 2017 FD 12-13 October 2016 SP 120 OP 125 K1 UNESCO K1 protection of cultural heritage K1 world heritage convention K1 Roerich Pact K1 Hague Convention K1 cultural property K1 armed conflict K1 intentional destruction of cultural heritage K1 risk management K1 risk preparedness AB Taking a historical perspective, the author shares some of his experience on the implementation of international instruments for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict. Based on his past responsibility as a UNESCO staff in charge of the implementation the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict from 1987 to 1998, he covers broadly the period from 1971 until the adoption of Protocol II to the Convention in 1999. He also briefly refers to latest normative developments, as a result of more recent destruction of cultural heritage in Afghanistan, in the Middle East and in Mali. T2 ICLAFI Conference and Annual meeting, Tallinn, Estonia, 2016 ED Tallinn AV Published LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2495/