The War Report 2017: Page 30

3/22/2018

There was one more situation of belligerent occupation in 2017 than in 2016, as Tur - key occupied part of northern Syria (for details, see the pro file on Turkey at rulac.org).

ELEVEN MILITARY OCCUPATIONS

Belligerent occupations continued in parts of ten states and territories: Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Eritrea, Georgia, Lebanon, Moldova, Palestine, Syria, Ukraine and Western Sahara.

‘With the exception of Turkey’s occupation of Syria and Russia’s occupation of Ukraine, these are long-term occupations that have lasted for decades, as in the case of Cyprus, Eritrea, Palestine or Western Sahara’ underlines Annyssa Bellal.

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Belligerent Occupation

... an IAC [International Armed Conflict] includes any situation in which one state invades another and occupies it, even if there is no armed resistance at all. This is set down in Article 2 common to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions.

Other belligerent occupations that have been alleged include the occupation by the UK of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas (Argentina claims this as sovereign territory), of Tibet by China, and of the state of Hawaii by the USA. The War Report makes no determination as to whether belligerent occupation is occurring in these cases.