# Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/6/schedule/4/part/chapter/2/paragraph/Articlen7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4/part/chapter-2/paragraph-Articlen7
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