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>Why does the military have to wait a year when a hostile foreign power takes over?
Anon spent the last hour looking for an answer but did not find anything conclusive. The LoW manual makes several references to the Geneva Convention (GC) applying to an occupying power for one year after the cessation of military hostilities. So far that's all I've found:
"The GC, however, continues to apply in occupied territory until one year after the general close of military operations, and the Occupying Power is bound, for the duration of the occupation, to the extent that such State exercises the functions of government in such territory, by the provisions of certain articles of the GC. 42"
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Footnote 42, Ch. 11: Refer to ยง 11.3.2 (Duration of GC Obligations in the Case of Occupied Territory).
"In the case of occupied territory, the application of the GC shall cease one year after the general close of military operations; however, the Occupying Power shall be bound, for the duration of the occupation, to the extent that such State exercises the functions of government in such territory, by the provisions of the following Articles of the GC:"
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