Heritage for Peace

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Heritage for Peace
FormationFebruary 2013;12 years ago (2013-02)
President
Isber Sabrine
Website https://www.heritageforpeace.org/

Heritage for Peace (H4P) is a Spanish NGO. Its objective is to help preserve cultural heritage during wartime. [1] [2] [3] Its activities have included documenting and guarding heritage sites, preparing museum evacuations and supporting local archeologists. [2] [4] [5] H4P was founded in 2013 at the seventh meeting of the World Archaeological Congress. [6]

Conflicts in which Heritage for Peace has been active include:

References

  1. "Mission statement – Heritage for Peace". www.heritageforpeace.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Marks, Simon (2023-06-12). "Race is on to protect Sudan's pyramids and tombs as war rages". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  3. Roche, Daniel (2023-12-14). "Reports reveal many destroyed or damaged cultural heritage in Gaza". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  4. "Archeologen betreuren schade historisch Gaza: 'Verlies voor de geschiedenis'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  5. 1 2 Saber, Indlieb Farazi. "A 'cultural genocide': Which of Gaza's heritage sites have been destroyed?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. Teijgeler, René (2015-03-01). "Heritage for Peace" . Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture. 44 (1): 43–44. doi:10.1515/pdtc-2015-0006. ISSN   2195-2965.
  7. "Heritage for Peace Initiative for Ukraine – Heritage for Peace". www.heritageforpeace.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  8. Cunliffe, Emma (2016-04-15). "Ordinary Syrians are risking their lives to protect their cultural heritage". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  9. Sabrine, Isber (2020). Protecting archaeological heritage during conflicts. Syria's archaeological heritage during the conflict and the local efforts to protect it (Thesis) (in Spanish). Universitat de Girona.
  10. Lindijer, Koert (2023-06-26). "In de oorlog in Soedan zijn ook kisten met mummies het slachtoffer. 'Ze gedragen zich als barbaren'". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-03-10.