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criminal laws to penalize the violation
of the rules that protect cultural
property, among others.
The following were the main developments
during 200 regarding the
implementation of the 1954 Convention
and its two Protocols:
• In Peru, Supreme Order No. 011-
200 -ED published in the Official
Gazette (El Peruano) on June 1st,
200 approved the Regulations for
the National Law on Cultural Heritage
(Law No. 2 29 , published in
“El Peruano” on July 22nd, 2004).
Moreover, the text of Executive
Order No. 011-200 -ED was published
on June 2nd, 200 by way of
Exhibit. This includes nine articles
on the protection of cultural property
in case of armed conflict.
• In El Salvador, the Inter-Institutional
Committee for International
Humanitarian Law published in May
200 the «Guide for the First Phase in
the Process to Identify Cultural Property
Items located in El Salvador with
the Emblem adopted by the 1954
Hague Convention in case of Armed
Conflict». This publication gathers
the expertise gained by Salvadoran
authorities regarding the identification
of cultural property, and sets
itself up as a means to disseminate
the above-mentioned Convention.
The mentioned Committee also published
the Final Report of the Project
for the Identification of Cultural
Property in El Salvador, Phase 1.
• In Mexico, the Mexican Lower
House approved on December
13th, 2005, a draft Executive Order
to reform and adopt the Federal
Act on Archaeological, Artistic and
Historical Monuments and Areas.
This initiative incorporates several
provisions to apply the Convention
and its Protocols.
• In Paraguay, the Inter-Ministerial
Committee for the Implementation
of International Humanitarian Law
continued its campaign for cultural
property identification, which had
started in 2005, by identifying the
monument to independence located
in the city of Asunción with the protecting
emblem. New cultural properties,
including the Caacupé Church,
were identified during 200 .
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