Paragraph Article 7 Precautions in attack

Without prejudice to other precautions required by international humanitarian law in the conduct of military operations, each Party to the conflict shall:

(a)

do everything feasible to verify that the objectives to be attacked are not cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;

(b)

take all feasible precautions in the choice of means and methods of attack with a view to avoiding, and in any event to minimizing, incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;

(c)

refrain from deciding to launch any attack which may be expected to cause incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated; and

(d)

cancel or suspend an attack if it becomes apparent:

(i)

that the objective is cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;

(ii)

that the attack may be expected to cause incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.

Notes on Schedule 4

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 in force at 12.12.2017 by S.I. 2017/1087, reg. 2