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1 Introduction

From: The International Law of Occupation (2nd Edition)

Eyal Benvenisti

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 10 December 2023

Subject(s):
Occupation — Armed conflict, international — Self-determination
International law has sought since the nineteenth century to regulate the conduct of occupying forces. Rules were prescribed through military manuals, multilateral instruments, state practice, and judicial decisions. These rules stemmed from the developing norm within Europe that sovereignty may not be alienated through the use of force. The occupying power is thus precluded from annexing the occupied territory or otherwise unilaterally changing its political status and is bound to respect and maintain the political and other institutions that exist in that...
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