Georges Abi-Saab
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Georges Abi-Saab is an Emeritus Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and a Titular Member of the Institut de Droit international. He is a former ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice, a former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), a former Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission, and former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization.
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Is ‘prolonged occupation’ still ‘military occupation’ governed by IHL?
Article 42 of the Hague Regulations (HR), annexed to the 1907 Hague Convention IV, provides that a territory is considered occupied ‘when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army.’ In such circumstances, the relevant provisions governing military occupation become applicable, as codified in the HR (Articles 42-56), the Fourth Geneva Convention…
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Is ‘prolonged occupation’ still ‘military occupation’ governed by IHL?
Article 42 of the Hague Regulations (HR), annexed to the 1907 Hague Convention IV, provides that a territory is considered occupied ‘when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army.’ In such circumstances, the relevant provisions governing military occupation become applicable, as codified in the HR (Articles 42-56), the Fourth Geneva Convention…