Crimes Against Culture.

The article focuses on the conventions that are created to protect cultural monuments in times of war. Faced with the horrific destruction of cultural monuments in World War II, human rights activists strove to create a means for preventing future losses. The Hague Convention of 1954 sought to set the standard for proper protection of cultural monuments during periods of war. The Convention on the Means of Protecting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, was adopted by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1970. The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World's Cultural and Natural Heritage, was adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 1972. It also mentions the significance of crime against culture in Cyprus, former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Afghanistan.