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military occupation
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling pow ...
s, both historic and contemporary, but only those that have taken place since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907.
As currently understood in international law
International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of Rule of law, rules, norms, Customary law, legal customs and standards that State (polity), states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generall ...
, "military occupation" is the effective military control by a power of a territory outside of said power's recognized sovereign territory. The occupying power in question may be an individual state or a supranational organization, such as the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
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Ongoing occupations
Historical occupations
Events before the Hague Convention of 1907 are out of scope.1907–1919 (miscellaneous)
World War I and immediate aftermath
1920–1946 (miscellaneous)
World War II: build up and immediate aftermath
1947–1959
1960–1979
1980–1999
2000–2019
2020–present
See also
* Russian-occupied territories *Israeli-occupied territories
Israel has occupied the Golan Heights of Syria and the Palestinian territories since the Six-Day War of 1967. It has previously occupied the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and southern Lebanon as well. Prio ...
* Military occupations by the Soviet Union
During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively handed over by Nazi Germany in the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939. These included the eastern regions of Poland (incorporated into three diffe ...
* Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping comprises activities, especially military ones, intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed w ...
– military deployments for peace-keeping purposes
* List of military and civilian missions of the European Union
* Annexation
Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. In current international law, it is generally held t ...
* Revanchism
Revanchism (, from ''revanche'', "revenge") is the political manifestation of the will to reverse the territorial losses which are incurred by a country, frequently after a war or after a social movement. As a term, ''revanchism'' originated i ...
* For a list of states that have seceded unilaterally see List of states with limited recognition
A number of polity, polities have declared independence and sought diplomatic recognition from the international community as sovereign states, but have not been universally recognised as such. These entities often have ''de facto'' control ...
* For a list of cases where territory is disputed between countries, see List of territorial disputes
Territorial disputes have occurred throughout history, over lands around the world. Bold indicates one claimant's full control; ''italics'' indicates one or more claimants' partial control.
Ongoing disputes between UN member/observer states ...
Footnotes and references
Footnotes
References
Bibliography
* * {{cite book , title = Cauldron of Resistance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam , url = https://scholar.google.com.sg/scholar?hl=zh-CN&q=Cauldron+of+Resistance&btnG=&lr=lang_en , last = Chapman , first = Jessica M. , publisher = Cornell University Press , location = Ithaca, New York , year = 2013 , isbn = 978-0-8014-5061-7Occupations
Occupation commonly refers to:
*Occupation (human activity), or job, one's role in society, often a regular activity performed for payment
* Occupation (protest), political demonstration by holding public or symbolic spaces
*Military occupation, t ...
Occupations
Occupation commonly refers to:
*Occupation (human activity), or job, one's role in society, often a regular activity performed for payment
* Occupation (protest), political demonstration by holding public or symbolic spaces
*Military occupation, t ...
Military occupations
Military operations other than war