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This year the Blue Shield is 25! We’re inviting you to join us in raising awareness of the importance of blue shields by nominating your favourite blue shield! The blue shield is the symbol placed on cultural property “of great importance” (under article 1 of the 1954 Hague Convention) to show that it should be [...]

This year the Blue Shield is 25!

Anniversary , Article

About our Anniversary! When fighting broke out in former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s “the reaction of the professional community was uncoordinated and inefficient. For example, multiple missions were mounted to Sarajevo, and while doubtless helpful in showing solidarity with professional colleagues there, these were generally carried out in ignorance of each other, and valuable [...]

What is the Blue Shield?

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The blue shield is an emblem and an association. The emblem is a protective emblem specified in the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, to be used to indicate protected cultural property, and personnel engaged in the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. Emblem of [...]

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