Canada's Bilateral Cultural Heritage Agreements and The Hague Convention

Global Affairs Canada provides the text of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, a multilateral treaty adopted in 1954. Canada acceded to the convention in 1998, and it entered into force for the country on March 11, 1999. The archived publication, last updated on the platform in 2026, outlines international obligations to safeguard monuments, works of art, and places of historical significance during war.

Use Cases

• Analyzing treaty obligations for cultural property protection based on the convention text
• Researching the historical timeline of Canada's accession to The Hague Convention
• Studying definitions of protected cultural property like monuments and works of art as defined in the treaty

Strengths

• Contains the full text of a specific, historically significant multilateral treaty
• Provides clear dates for Canada's accession (1998) and entry into force (March 11, 1999)
• Published by the authoritative source, Global Affairs Canada

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• The publication is explicitly archived and outdated, not subject to current web standards
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada

Collection Method

Archived government publication containing treaty text.

Time Range

Treaty adopted 1954; Canada acceded 1998, in force from 1999.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:11:41.180981; freshness should be verified

Geography

International, with specific focus on Canada's obligations.