SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Second Protocol

Chapter 2General provisions regarding protection

Precautions in attack

Article 7Without prejudice to other precautions required by international humanitarian law in the conduct of military operations, each Party to the conflict shall:

(a)do everything feasible to verify that the objectives to be attacked are not cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;

(b)take all feasible precautions in the choice of means and methods of attack with a view to avoiding, and in any event to minimizing, incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;

(c)refrain from deciding to launch any attack which may be expected to cause incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated; and

(d)cancel or suspend an attack if it becomes apparent:

(i)that the objective is cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;

(ii)that the attack may be expected to cause incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.