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Cuno, James B., Weiss, Thomas G., Adams, Simon, Appiah, Kwame Anthony, Bandarin, Francesco, Bokova, Irina, Bowersock, Glen W., Charlier, Benjamin, Chechi, Alessandro, Deknatel, Frederick, Dugan, Dexter W., Eakin, Hugh, Eloundo Assomo, Lazare, Francioni, Francesco, Gerstenblith, Patty, Gowan, Richard, Harris, Rachel, MacGregor, Neil, Hassner, Ron E., Margolies Beitler, Ruth, Montejo, Victor, Mustafayev, Tural, Parzinger, Hermann, Powderly, Joseph, Rai, Ashrutha, Renold, Marc-André, al-Sabouni, Marwa, Sagan, Scott D., Sands, Philippe, Schmidtke, Sabine, von Schorlemer, Sabine, Serageldin, Ismail, Singh, Kavita, Slim, Hugo, Stein, Gil G., Stone, Peter G., Welsh, Jennifer M. and Wise, Paul H. (2022) Cultural heritage and mass atrocities. Other. Getty Publications, Los Angeles (USA), 619p. ISBN 978-1-60606-807-6 (print), 978-1-60606-808-3 (epub), 978-1-60606-809-0 (mobi), 978-1-60606-810-6 (PDF). [Book]

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Abstract (in English)

Intentional destruction of cultural heritage has a long history. Contemporary examples include the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, mosques in Xinjiang, China, mausoleums in Timbuktu, Mali, and Greco-Roman remains in Syria. Cultural heritage destruction invariably accompanies assaults on civilians, making heritage attacks impossible to disentangle from the mass atrocities of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. Both seek to eliminate people and the heritage with which they identify. Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities assembles thirty-eight experts from the heritage, social science, humanitarian, legal, and military communities. Focusing on immovable cultural heritage vulnerable to attack, the volume’s guiding framework is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a United Nations resolution adopted unanimously in 2005 to permit international intervention against crimes of war or genocide. Based on the three pillars of prevent, react, and rebuild, R2P offers today’s policymakers a set of existing laws and international norms that can and—as this book argues—must be extended to the protection of cultural heritage. Essays consider the global value of cultural heritage and document recent attacks on people and sites in China, Guatemala, Iraq, Mali, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. Comprehensive sections on vulnerable populations as well as the role of international law and the military offer readers critical insights and point toward research, policy, and action agendas to protect both people and cultural heritage. The table of contents along with a concise abstract of each chapter is offered online in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish to facilitate robust, global dissemination of the strategies and tactics offered in this pathbreaking call to action. [Publisher abstract]

[Chapter abstracts in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish attached to the reference.]

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Cuno, James B.
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Weiss, Thomas G.
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Adams, Simon
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony
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Bandarin, Francesco
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Bokova, Irina
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Bowersock, Glen W.
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Charlier, Benjamin
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Chechi, Alessandro
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Deknatel, Frederick
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Dugan, Dexter W.
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Eakin, Hugh
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Eloundo Assomo, Lazare
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Francioni, Francesco
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Gerstenblith, Patty
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Gowan, Richard
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Harris, Rachel
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MacGregor, Neil
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Hassner, Ron E.
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Margolies Beitler, Ruth
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Montejo, Victor
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Mustafayev, Tural
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Parzinger, Hermann
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Powderly, Joseph
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Rai, Ashrutha
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Renold, Marc-André
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al-Sabouni, Marwa
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Sagan, Scott D.
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Sands, Philippe
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Schmidtke, Sabine
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von Schorlemer, Sabine
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Serageldin, Ismail
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Singh, Kavita
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Slim, Hugo
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Stein, Gil G.
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Stone, Peter G.
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Welsh, Jennifer M.
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Wise, Paul H.
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Editors:
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Cuno, James B.
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Weiss, Thomas G.
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Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Keywords: destruction of cultural heritage; war crimes; crimes against humanity; genocide; ethnic cleansing; case studies; war damage; vulnerability; value of heritage; cultural identity; cultural genocide; history; ideology; terrorism; warfare; reconstruction; ethics; protection of cultural heritage; built heritage; written heritage; religious heritage; international law; peacekeeping; international cooperation; postwar period; Eastern Europe; Middle East; Xinjiang; Iraq; Syria; Yemen; Mali; Guatemala
Subjects: A. THEORETICAL AND GENERAL ASPECTS > 07. History of conservation
A. THEORETICAL AND GENERAL ASPECTS > 09. Philosophy of conservation
E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 09. Social and economic aspects of conservation
E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 11. Legal protection and Administration
G.DETERIORATION > 06. Other
K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 02. International legislation
Name of monument, town, site, museum: Jaffna, Sri Lanka; Bamiyan, Afghanistan; Aleppo, Syria; Homs, Syria; Timbuktu, Mali
Number of Pages: 619
ISBN: 978-1-60606-807-6 (print), 978-1-60606-808-3 (epub), 978-1-60606-809-0 (mobi), 978-1-60606-810-6 (PDF)
Depositing User: ICOMOS DocCentre
Date Deposited: 22 Sep 2022 10:53
Last Modified: 22 Sep 2022 10:56
URI: https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2723

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