The Legal Protection for the Names of the Cities and Other Places "Changing the Names of the Places in Palestine as an Example"

Abstract

Despite its importance for the archeology and history especially in the prehistory studies, the issue of the legal protection for cities names and other places was not previously treated in the general international law. This issue could be deal under the concept of the cultural properties protection, thus it demands a legal protection in the wars time and peacetime also. In addition, it demands adapting clear legislations to be added to the international conventions imposing protecting the names of cities, towns, and other places and territories from changing and/ or omission.