School: The Buddhas of Bamiyan

In Bamiyan province in Afghanistan, three Buddha statues once stood...

INTERNATIONAL LAW & CULTURAL PROPERTY

1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions (wartime pillaging)

1954 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (definition of cultural property and its protection during all forms of armed conflict)

1970 UNESCO Convention (protection during peacetime and prohibition of trafficking)

1972 World Heritage Convention (maintains list of cultural property with universal value)

THE BUDDHAS

THE TALIBAN

Mullah Mohammed Omar

DESTRUCTION BY THE TALIBAN




RECENT HISTORY