152026400 INTERNATIONAL LAW OF BELLIGERENT OCCUPATION ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

This course deals with the rules of international law pertaining to the situation of military occupation in terms of theory and practice. The course begins with exposure to the Hague Agreements of 1899 and 1907 relating to the rules of war and the limits of the relationship between the components of the occupied territory and the military controlling authority over the region, and focuses on the boundaries between sovereignty and the nature of the authority of the occupying power during the period of control, while discussing customary rules of international law in this context. In terms of application, the course examines the situation of the Israeli military occupation on the Palestinian areas and measures the Israeli actions and puts them within the test of the determinants included in the theoretical rules and the extent of their compatibility with these rules.