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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

(c) in the special case provided for in Article 14, paragraph

5, when an objection has been confirmed following the

procedures

mentioned

either

in

paragraph

7

or

in

paragraph 8 of Article 14.

2. The Director-General shall send without delay, to the

Secretary-General of the United Nations and to all States

which received a copy of the entry in the Register, a

certified copy of its cancellation. Cancellation shall take

effect thirty days after the despatch of such copies.

CHAPTER III Transport of Cultural Property

ARTICLE 17

Procedure to Obtain Immunity

1. The request mentioned in paragraph 1 of Article 12 of

the

Convention

shall

be

addressed

to

the

Commissioner-General

for

Cultural

Property.

It

shall

mention the reasons on which it is based and specify the

approximate number and the importance of the objects

to be transferred, their present location, the location now

envisaged, the means of transport to be used, the route

to be followed, the date proposed for the transfer, and any

other relevant information.

2. If the Commissioner-General, after taking such opinions

as he deems fit, considers that such transfer is justified,

he shall consult those delegates of the Protecting Powers

who

are

concerned,

on the measures proposed for

carrying it out. Following such consultation, he shall

notify the Parties to the conflict a concerned of the

transfer,

including

in

such

notification

all

useful

information.

3. The Commissioner-General shall appoint one or more

inspectors, who shall satisfy themselves that only the

property stated in the request is to be transferred and

that the transport is to be by the approved methods and

bears the distinctive emblem. The inspector or inspectors

shall accompany the property to its destination.

ARTICLE 18

Transport Abroad

Where the transfer under special protection is to the

territory of another country, it shall be governed not only

by Article 12 of the Convention and by Article 17 of the

present

Regulations,

but

by

the

following

further

provisions:

(a) while the cultural property remains on the territory of

another State, that State shall be its depositary and shall

extend to it as great a measure of care as that which it

bestows upon its own cultural property of comparable

importance;

(b) the depositary State shall return the property only on

the cessation of the conflict; such return shall be effected

within

six

months

from the date on which it was

requested;

(c) during the various transfer operations, and while it

remains on the territory of another State, the cultural

property shall be exempt from confiscation and may not

be

disposed

of

either

by

the

depositor

or

by

the

depositary. Nevertheless, when the safety of the property

requires it, the depositary may, with the assent of the

depositor, have the property transported to the territory

of a third country, under the conditions laid down in the

present articles;

(d) the request for special protection shall indicate that

the

State

to

whose

territory

the property is to be

transferred accepts the provisions of the present Article.

ARTICLE 19

Occupied Territory

Whenever a High Contracting Party occupying territory of

another

High

Contracting

Party

transfers

cultural

property to a refuge situated elsewhere in that territory,

without being able to follow the procedure provided for in

Article 17 of the Regulations, the transfer in question shall

not be regarded as misappropriation within the meaning

of

Article

4

of

the

Convention,

provided

that

the

Commissioner-General for Cultural Property certifies in

writing, after having consulted the usual custodians, that

such transfer was rendered necessary by circumstances.

CHAPTER IV The Distinctive Emblem

ARTICLE 20

Affixing of the Emblem

1. The placing of the distinctive emblem and its degree of

visibility shall be left to the discretion of the competent

authorities of each High Contracting Party. It may be

displayed on flags or armlets; it may be painted on an

object or represented in any other appropriate form.

2.

However, without prejudice to any possible fuller

markings, the emblem shall, in the event of armed

conflict and in the cases mentioned in Articles 12 and 13 of

the Convention, be placed on the vehicles of transport so

as to be clearly visible in daylight from the air as well as

from the ground.

The emblem shall be visible from the ground:

(a) at regular intervals sufficient to indicate clearly the

perimeter of a centre containing monuments under

special protection;

(b) at the entrance to other immovable cultural property

under special protection.

ARTICLE 21

Identification of Persons

1. The persons mentioned in Article 17, paragraph 2 (b)

and (c) of the Convention may wear an armlet bearing the

distinctive

emblem,

issued

and

stamped

by

the

competent authorities.

2. Such persons shall carry a special identity card bearing

the distinctive emblem. This card shall mention at least

the surname and first names, the date of birth, the title or

rank, and the function of the holder. The card shall bear

the photograph of the holder as well as his signature or

his fingerprints, or both. It shall bear the embossed stamp

of the competent authorities.

3. Each High Contracting Party shall make out its own

type of identity card, guided by the model annexed, by

way of example, to the present Regulations. The High

Contracting

Parties

shall

transmit

to

each

other

a

specimen of the model they are using. Identity cards shall

be made out, if possible, at least in duplicate, one copy

being kept by the issuing Power.

4. The said persons may not, without legitimate reason,

be deprived of their identity card or of the right to wear

the armlet.

(Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the

Event of Armed Conflict, [May 14, 1954])

Convention for the Suppression of

Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft

December 16, 1970

CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL

SEIZURE OF AIRCRAFT *

PREAMBLE

THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION

CONSIDERING that unlawful acts of seizure or exercise of

control of aircraft in flight jeopardize the safety of persons

and property, seriously affect the operation of air services

and undermine the confidence of the peoples of the

world in the safety of civil aviation;

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