Of Evolving Belligerent Occupation Law: Old “Hague” Occupation and New “Geneva” Occupation

Of Evolving Belligerent Occupation Law: Old “Hague” Occupation and New “Geneva” Occupation

by | Feb 2, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Occupation

Of Evolving Belligerent Occupation Law: Old “Hague” Occupation and New “Geneva” Occupation For years, the legal status of so-called “functional occupation” was unclear in international humanitarian law (IHL) (see, e.g., this 2012 work by Zwanenburg, Bothe, and...