{"id":5011,"date":"2026-04-13T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/?p=5011"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:39:49","slug":"the-destruction-of-cultural-heritage-prosecuting-the-erasure-of-national-and-ethnic-identity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/en\/the-destruction-of-cultural-heritage-prosecuting-the-erasure-of-national-and-ethnic-identity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;THE DESTRUCTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: PROSECUTING THE ERASURE OF NATIONAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITY&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5011\" class=\"elementor elementor-5011\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f67b735 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f67b735\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5246f459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5246f459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyceum International Zoom Lecture on\n21 May 2026<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ed4ba93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ed4ba93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7292cbba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7292cbba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Professor Andrea Mata\u010di\u0107 Cayley, JD PhD\n\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a5c4c7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"17a5c4c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8b7559 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c8b7559\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9d0bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b9d0bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-2048x1365.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-4917\" alt=\"Andrea Cayley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lyceumclubs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cayley-Andrea-3491_2022-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f7c4630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f7c4630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are part of where we came from, the culture, art, temples, literature and memorials.<br>Aggressors destroy this culture as part of an effort to erase a group of people who hold a certain belief \u2013 crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide. Professor Andrea Mata\u010di\u0107&nbsp;Cayley has devoted her career to bringing perpetrators of crimes against humanity, including cultural heritage, to justice. Her lecture, organized under the auspices of IALC, presents a summary of this little-known but very important aspect of prosecuting war crimes. She is one of the pioneers in the field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e504b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36e504b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e0bb62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36e0bb62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Professor Cayley<\/strong> worked for the United Nations as a war crimes prosecutor for over 20 years. She began her career with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia as it was just opening and worked there for over eleven years. For four years, she served as a legal advisor in the Courts of Cambodia. Since 2022, she has been a coordinator and expert advisor for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory group, the official response to war crimes in Ukraine. She works directly with the Office of the Prosecutor GeneralUkraine advising on the prosecution of cases involving the destruction of cultural heritage. She is an expert advisor to UNESCO.<br \/>Andrea has taught law at the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova Law School. She has served as a Senior Legal Fellow with the McCain Institute and the Center for Justice and Accountability. 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