International Humanitarian Law
on
the Protection of Cultural Property
in Occupied Territory
Convention for the Protection of
Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
The Hague, 14 May 1954.
Russian
Federation (Sovjet Union): since 04.01.1957
Georgia:
since 04.11.1992
Article
5: Occupation
5. 1. Any High Contracting Party in occupation
of the whole or part of the territory of another High Contracting Party
shall as far as possible support the competent national authorities of
the occupied country in safeguarding and preserving its cultural
property.
5. 2. Should it prove
necessary to take measures to
preserve cultural property situated in occupied territory and damaged
by military operations, and should the competent national authorities
be unable to take such measures, the Occupying Power shall, as far as
possible, and in close co-operation with such authorities, take the
most necessary measures of preservation.
5. 3. Any High Contracting
Party whose government is
considered their legitimate government by members of a resistance
movement, shall, if possible, draw their attention to the obligation to
comply with those provisions of the Conventions dealing with respect
for cultural property.
Source:
ICRC website - see full text: http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/400?OpenDocument
Second Protocol to the Hague
Convention of 1954
for the Protection of
Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
The Hague, 26 March
1999
Not
yet signed by Georgia or the Russian Federation
Article 9: Protection
of cultural property in occupied territory
1. Without prejudice to the provisions
of Articles
4 and 5 of the Convention, a Party in occupation of the whole or part
of the territory of another Party shall prohibit and prevent in
relation to the occupied territory:
a. any illicit export, other removal or
transfer of ownership of cultural property;
b. any archaeological excavation, save
where this is strictly required to safeguard, record or preserve
cultural property
c. any alteration to, or change of use
of, cultural
property which is intended to conceal or destroy cultural, historical
or scientific evidence.
2. Any archaeological excavation of, alteration to,
or change of use of, cultural property in occupied territory shall,
unless circumstances do not permit, be carried out in close
co-operation with the competent national authorities of the occupied
territory.
Source:
ICRC website - see full text: http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/590?OpenDocument