Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict: The UNESCO Chair and The Blue Shield

Confabulating with Prof. Peter Stone OBE   Peter Stone is the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection (CPP) and Peace at Newcastle University (UK) and President of the Blue Shield, advisory body to UNESCO on CPP (https://theblueshield.org/). He has published widely on heritage management, interpretation, and education. Peter was Honorary Chief Executive Officer of the World Archaeological Congress (1998-2008).  Since 2003 his work has focussed on the protection of cultural property in armed conflict and following natural or human-made disasters.  He has written extensively on this topic including co-editing, with Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly, The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq (2008) and editing Cultural Heritage, Ethics and the Military (2011). His article ‘The 4 Tier approach’ in the British Army Review led directly to the establishment of the Cultural Property Protection Unit in UK forces.