American Addresses at the Second Hague Peace Conference
American Addresses at the Second Hague Peace Conference

Author: James Brown Scott

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-12-06

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781347538296

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American Addresses at the Second Hague Peace Conference (Classic Reprint)
American Addresses at the Second Hague Peace Conference (Classic Reprint)

Author: Joseph H. Choate

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781331319719

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Excerpt from American Addresses at the Second Hague Peace Conference The following collection consists of addresses delivered by three members of the American delegation to the Second Hague Peace Conference, dealing with the subjects of the immunity of unoffending private property of the enemy upon the high seas, the limitation of force in the collection of contract debts, arbitration, an international prize court, and the project for the establishment of a permanent court of arbitral justice, composed of judges acting under a sense of judicial responsibility and representing the various languages and systems of law. General in their nature, it is believed that the publication of these addresses may be of some interest, if not of permanent value. It has been deemed advisable to include, by way of introduction, an address delivered by each of the three members upon the conference and the results actually achieved by it. A brief note on formal and informal addresses at The Hague has been prefixed, and, where considered necessary to the understanding of the addresses proper, a brief introductory note has been supplied. An appendix has been added, containing the texts discussed in the various addresses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

War and Cultural Heritage
War and Cultural Heritage

Author: Kevin Chamberlain

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903987315

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"Since the publication of the first edition of War and Cultural Heritage in 2004 there have been a number of important developments. The Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has entered into force and there are now 64 States Parties. The Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict provided for under the Second Protocol has been set up and has adopted the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Second Protocol. Disbursements have been made from the Fund for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. In 2008 the United Kingdom published for public consultation the draft Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill, the legislation to enable the United Kingdom to become a Party to the 1954 Convention and its two Protocols and in 2009 the United States ratified the 1954 Hague Convention (but neither of its two Protocols). The time to publish a second edition of War and Cultural Heritage to take account of these and other developments is long overdue. The civil war in Syria has resulted in extensive destruction of that nation's cultural heritage. More recently in the conflict of Mali Islamist insurgents retreating from Timbuktu set fire to a library containing thousands of priceless historic manuscripts, described by the town's mayor as a 'devastating blow' to world heritage. These incidents demonstrate the need for all parties engaged in armed conflict to have regard to the rules of international law concerning the protection of cultural property. War and Cultural Heritage contains in a single volume an article-by-article commentary on the 1954 Hague Convention and its Two Protocols. The book also analyses other instruments of international humanitarian law relevant to the protection of cultural property. These include the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols, which had a profound influence on the drafting of the 1954 Convention and the Second Protocol respectively. The book also examines the extent to which the provisions of the 1954 Convention and its Protocols are part of customary international humanitarian law. The book takes into account the latest developments regarding the international efforts to secure restitution of Holocaust-looted cultural property, including the work of the UK's Spoliation Advisory Panel"--Page 4 of cover