Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2017
1 Common Article 2, para. 1 of the Geneva Conventions applies to situations of occupation. Para. 2 of common Article 2 applies even if the occupation meets with no armed resistance.
2 Commentary, IV Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 60 (Jean Pictet ed.).
3 The report, International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts, is available at <http://www.icrc.org>.