The article presents the contents of the "Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed
Conflict", as well as the Second Protocol to the Convention, which came into force on March 3, 2004. It gives an overview of
the most important parts of the convention, the purpose of which are preventive activities and protection of cultural property in
the event of armed conflict. The Blue Shield organisation is also presented, it endeavours for implementation and
dissemination of the convention all over the world.