IHL- Second Assignment

IHL Second Assignment

BACHELOR OF LAWS EXAMINATION – YEAR III 2012/2013

International Humanitarian Law

Second Assignment

Take Home

 (15 Marks)

You are an intern at a Colombo-based NGO working on International Humanitarian Law. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a file on THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY DURING WAR for the NGO staff to refer to for upcoming workshops and training programs on the same topic.

You have been asked to include the following items and documents in this file:

•    The international legal framework on the protection of cultural property during war
•  Whether Sri Lankan domestic law is in accordance with the international standards
•   Information on the work of the international and local organizations on this area of law
• Information on recent  publications and reports on the topic (A bibliography)
• Examples of both the protection of and the failure to protect cultural property during war.

= 10 Marks

You supervisor also requires that your file include

•   A contents page
• A summary of the contents of the file (not more than 3 pages) which provides a brief overview of this area of IHL.

Summary = 3 Marks 

The contents page and systematic organization of the material in the file = 2 Marks 

Date of Submission: Monday 13^th of May 2013