Blue Shield Ireland - National Committee
Blue Shield Irish National Committee: Protecting Cultural Heritage during armed conflicts and disasters 🏛️ Non-governmental & non-profit
- Reposted by Blue Shield Ireland - National CommitteeRead “Proving War Crimes: Archives, Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice“ by Cécile Chemin - Archives on Medium: medium.com/@cecilechemi...
- Reposted by Blue Shield Ireland - National CommitteeI wrote a light version of a longer paper in preparation. Proving War Crimes: Archives, Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice. medium.com/p/archives-a...
- Get familiar with the Committee members of Blue Shield Ireland! Blue Shield Ireland was established in September 2012. Gretchen Allen (Chair), Elizabethann Boran (Sec), Daniel Ayiotis, Andrew Megaw, Susie Bioletti, Fergus McCormick, Patrizia La Piscopia, Cécile Chemin @cecilearchives.bsky.social
- The 3rd UNTSI Training Course in Cultural Property Protection took place in the Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare in January 2025. The week-long course focused on Cultural Property Protection (CPP) of both tangible and intangible heritage in UN Peacekeeping military contexts.
- The course provides a unique opportunity for military personnel and civilian cultural heritage professionals to learn about cultural property protection as a concept, their obligations under international law, and how this awareness can be integral to mission success.
- Here, like in many activities in the heritage field, interdisciplinary perspectives and knowledge sharing are key to successful missions and crucially, how CPP can be a vital tool for peace keeping
- Blue Shield Ireland is now on LinkedIn! If you have an interest in Cultural Property Protections, do follow us! We're increasingly active as a group and growing! www.linkedin.com/in/blue-shie...
- Reposted by Blue Shield Ireland - National CommitteeThe UNESCO Com for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has decided to grant enhanced protection to 34 cultural properties in Lebanon and to grant international financial assistance for the implementation of emergency heritage measures. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
