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Belligerent occupation
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Belligerent occupation is the occupation of territory that occurs either during or immediately after an armed conflict, or after the un-resisted, unilateral use of military force. This chapter covers the occupations that are regulated by the Civilian Convention. After a brief review of the law of belligerent occupation, it focuses on topics that are of concern to military commanders and their legal staff because they are likely to emerge in the course of military operations. Deportation of civilians from the occupied territory and the forcible transfer of civilians within occupied territory are prohibited and amount to grave breaches of the Civilian Convention. The Israeli practice of creating settlements in occupied territory has been condemned by the International Court of Justice as a violation of the Civilian Convention. Short-term detention is an area where the Civilian Convention is deficient.

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