ABSTRACT
Article 11 of the Hague Convention introduces a brief and simplified procedure to place cultural property under special temporary protection and expedite its entry in the Register of Cultural Property under Special Protection. This procedure is applicable only during an armed conflict. During an armed conflict, cultural property under special protection shall be marked with the distinctive emblem described in Article 16, and shall be open to international control as provided for in the Regulations for the execution of the Convention. Article 6 on the distinctive marking of cultural property under general protection introduces optional identification of this property. The paragraph 4 of Article 8 relates to all cultural property liable to be placed under special protection in conformity with paragraph 1. It therefore expressly precludes certain indications which might otherwise be deemed to provide evidence of military use.
