ABSTRACT
The codification of rules concerning the protection of cultural property in time of war did not come to a halt with the adoption of The Hague Convention and Protocol. During the period following the adoption of the 1954 Convention and Protocol the codification of rules for the protection of cultural property in time of armed conflict involved two different courses of action. The first concerned the codification of rules relating to culture, a task carried out chiefly by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In the other, the process became linked with the reaffirmation and development of international humanitarian law, initiated chiefly by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects was opened for signature on 10 April 1981.
