A Bridge Too Far? Attacks against Cultural Property used as Military Objectives as War Crimes: The Prlic et al. Case and the Mostar Bridge
A Bridge Too Far? Attacks against Cultural Property used as Military Objectives as War Crimes: The Prlic et al. Case and the Mostar Bridge
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DOI：
10.1163/15718123-02002003
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发表时间：
2020
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0.3
通讯作者：
Moffett L
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作者：
Moffett L
世界各地冲突地区的文化财产遭到破坏，这引起了国际社会对防止破坏文化财产和起诉责任人的必要性的关注。本文审查了目前关于将破坏文化财产定为刑事犯罪的法律的保护和国际刑事框架，特别是在此类破坏已成为军事目标的情况下构成战争罪的例外情况。这篇文章讨论了最近在Prlić et al.case案中涉及莫斯塔尔桥的裁决，因为莫斯塔尔桥有理由作为军事目标受到攻击。本条认为，在这种情况下仍然需要考虑相称性。这对于尽量减少其文化特性与这些文物密切相关的社区和人民的成本至关重要。该条还建议，冲突各方背信弃义地使用文化财产的行为应被定为刑事犯罪。
The destruction of the cultural property in conflict zones around the world has captured international attention on the need to prevent its destruction and prosecute those responsible. This article examines the current legal protection and international criminal framework on the criminalisation of the destruction of cultural property and in particular the exception to such destruction amounting to a war crime where they have become military objectives. This article discusses the recent decision in thePrlić et al.case involving the Mostar bridge, in light of its being justified to be attacked as a military objective. This article argues that considerations of proportionality are still required in such circumstances. This is vital to minimise the cost to communities and peoples whose cultural identity is bound up with such cultural objects. The article also suggests that the perfidious use of cultural property by parties to a conflict should be criminalised.