A draft special report by Canadian member of parliament Julie Dzerowicz laid out the legal framework protecting cultural heritage and presented an overview of how ill-intentioned actors have increasingly weaponised cultural heritage, as well as suggestions for tackling the problem.
Dzerowicz urged Allies to design comprehensive policies and draw up robust legislation that targets the destruction of places, monuments and objects of cultural significance in conflict, and to insist on accountability for any abuses in courts.
She also appealed to NATO and its member States to “integrate cultural property protection principles more systematically into the education, training, and exercises of their security forces,” and to create special units or personnel dedicated to the task within their armed forces.
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