The international law of occupation /
Eyal Benvenisti ; with a new preface by the author.
- Paperback edition.
- xviii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Overview : the phenomenon of occupation -- The framework of the law of occupation -- Occupations during and after World War I : early challenges to the traditional law of occupation -- The second phase : the law of occupation in the wake of World War II -- The Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights, the West Bank, Gaza, and Sinai -- Occupations since the 1970s and recent international prescriptions -- Enforcement of the law of occupation on the occupant : existing institutions -- Conclusion : the contemporary law of occupation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"Codified in the 1899 and 1907 Hague Peace Conferences and later modified by the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, the traditional international law of occupation has been challenged by advocates of human rights and self-determination and tested by the numerous occupations of the last two decades - among them the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus, the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, U.S. operations in Canada and Panama, and occupations during the Persian Gulf crisis. To address the new issues that have emerged, Eyal Benvenisti formulates a contemporary theory of the law of occupation and establishes guidelines for the lawful management of occupation. In his new preface the author addresses issues arising from the U.S. occupation of Iraq."--BOOK JACKET.