The Functional Beginning of Belligerent Occupation

• Main Author: Michael Siegrist (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Institute Publications 2011
• Subjects: Geneva Convention Fourth (1949); belligerent occupation; protection of civilians; dispute settlement; conflict security and peacebuilding; International Committee of the Red ‎Cross (ICRC); humanitarian action
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Since the mid-19th century military powers and various writers have tried to define the notion of belligerent occupation and, in particular, the beginning thereof. There are many situations in which a state of occupation is controversial or even denied. When is control so effective that an invasion...