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ICBS

International Committee of the Blue Shield, the "Cultural Red Cross", work to protect the world's cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters


Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

This Convention was the first international treaty aimed at protecting cultural heritage in the context of war, and which highlighted the concept of common heritage and led to the creation of the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS), whose Director General is currently Mr Julien Anfruns from the International Council of Museums (ICOM).


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