Please explain to dumb anon why there is / was a 1 year delta between Jan 20, 2021 and now. I don't find this in the Law of War manual. I do keep hearing people reference something like "now that a year has passed, the military can act", which I think sounds like bullshit.
I would love for someone to sauce it.
>https://www.bitchute.com/video/uOfkPh6ql5GO/
Problem is, that is just some guy "saying" that's what the Law of War says.
I have the whole LOW downloaded PDF. 11.3 starts on page 754 for the curious. Nowhere can I find any reference like this….meaning….people are just making it up. It spreads from one patriot channel to another.
The only one-year reference I can find is related to the time period the Geneva Convention applies after an 'Occupation in Fact' and end of hostilities. IN other words, there was a war, one side was victorious and occupies the other's territory.
It is spelled out in 11.3.2. For one year after the end of military action, the Geneva Convention fully applies. After one year, only specific articles of the convention apply.
Doesn't say a thing about "white hat forces need to wait a year before they can make the claim their country was overtaken." Sounds like utter BS hopium.
11.3.2 Duration of GC obligations in the case of OccupiedTerritory.
In the home
territory of parties to the conflict, the application of the GC shall cease on the general close of
military operations.86
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:
• 1 through 12 (general provisions and common articles, e.g., the Protecting Power
continues to function, and the derogation for security reasons continues to apply);
• 27, 29 through 34 (humane treatment);
• 47 (preserves rights as against change by annexation or arrangement with the local
authorities so long as occupation lasts);
• 49 (transfers, evacuation, and deportation);
• 51, 52 (prohibitions against certain compulsory service and protection of workers);
• 53 (respect for property);
• 59, 61 through 63 (facilitating relief programs);
• 64 through 77 (criminal proceedings); and
• 143 (access by Protecting Powers and the ICRC).87
The one-year time limit for the cessation of the application of the GC (apart from the
provisions that continue to apply to the extent that the Occupying Power exercises the functions
of government in occupied territory) was proposed to account for situations like those of Germany and Japan after World War II.88 AP I provides that the 1949 Geneva Conventions and
AP I shall cease to apply, in the case of occupied territories, on the termination of the
occupation;89 coalition partners that are Occupying Powers and Parties to AP I would be bound
by this rule.