Roerich Pact

When

15 Apr 1935

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

38.90° N, 77.04° W

Description

international treaty for the protection of important cultural heritage

International treaty for the protection of important cultural heritage

The Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments or Roerich Pact is an inter-American treaty. The most important idea of the Roerich Pact is the legal recognition that the defense of cultural objects is more important than the use or destruction of that culture for military purposes, and the protection of culture always has precedence over any military necessity.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Roerich Pact, a Pan-American treaty on the protection of cultural artefacts, is signed in Washington, D.C.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Washington D. C. se firma el Pacto Roerich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page