Preface

Professor Peter Stone is the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection (CPP) and Peace at Newcastle University, UK; and President of the Blue Shield, the advisory body to the inter-governmental Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. In 2003, Peter was advisor to the UK’s Ministry of Defence regarding the identification and protection of the archaeological cultural heritage in Iraq. He has remained active in working with the military to refine attitudes and develop processes for the better protection of cultural property in times of conflict. His article ‘The Four-Tier Approach to the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict’ in the British Army Review (2013) helped establish the Cultural Property Protection Unit within the British Army.