The EU Approach to Cultural Heritage in Conflict and Crisis: An Elephant in the Room?

Kristin Hausler

The EU Approach to Cultural Heritage in Conflict and Crisis: An Elephant in the Room?

Publication date: 12.2021

Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2021, 2/2021 (7), pp. 193 - 202

https://doi.org/10.4467/2450050XSNR.21.025.15270

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This Note considers the Conclusions on EU Approach to Cultural Heritage in Conflicts and Crises, which were adopted by the Council of the European Union on 21 June 2021. It starts by analysing the shift in the way cultural heritage has been perceived since the introduction of cultural heritage within the EU’s external relations’ strategy. It then considers how the role of cultural heritage as a vector of peace and development could be strengthened and consolidated through a better articulation of its linkages with climate change.

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cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, climate change, EU external relations, peace and security

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Information: Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2021, 2/2021 (7), pp. 193 - 202

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2450050XSNR.21.025.15270

Article type: Original article

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The EU Approach to Cultural Heritage in Conflict and Crisis: An Elephant in the Room?

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The EU Approach to Cultural Heritage in Conflict and Crisis: An Elephant in the Room?

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Kristin Hausler

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2655-5026

Public International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Charles Clore House, United Kingdom

Published at: 12.2021

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