In this article, Dr. Graciela Noemi Gestoso Singer analyzes the challenges for cultural heritage conservation in the middle of some armed conflicts in the world and shows important measures for safeguarding cultural property in different moments of the war.

La nueva Convención de la UNESCO sobre la Protección del Patrimonio Cultural Subacuático es el primer instrumento jurídico internacional que permite proteger los sitios arqueológicos sumergidos del mundo entero.

In this article, Dr. Graciela Gestoso Singer describes the ISIS’s war on cultural Heritage and memory; analyzes the challenges for cultural heritage conservation in Iraq and Syria, and shows important measures for safeguarding cultural property from the Islamic State’s swath of destruction across the Middle East.