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.