The Hague Convention and Beyond: Cultural Property Protection in the Netherlands

Captain Ankie Petersen works as a Staff Officer Cultural Property Protection in the Royal Dutch Armed Forces. She works at the Section for Cultural Affairs and Information, part of the 1 Civil-Military Cooperation Command (1CMIco) in the city of Apeldoorn. Here, she leads and coordinates efforts to implement CPP within the Dutch Armed Forces, including designing training programmes and tools for the military and projects for the implementation of CPP in military planning processes, and engaging in civil-military collaboration projects for the advancement of CPP and the implementation of the Hague Convention on both a national and international stage. Ankie has a background in critical heritage studies, with an MA in Heritage Studies and an MA in Design Cultures from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a BA in Language and Culture Studies from Utrecht University. She previously worked for the Dutch National Commission to UNESCO in the role of policy coordinator in culture and heritage (including the UNESCO 1954 Hague Convention) and as a lecturer in World Heritage and Conflict at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.