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The Writing on the Wall: Rethinking the International Law of Occupation. By Aeyal Gross. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. x, 447. Index.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2018

Yutaka Arai-Takahashi
Yutaka Arai-Takahashi*
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University of Kent, Brussels (Kent Law School)
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , July 2018 , pp. 544 - 548
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References

1 Western Front, Aerial Bombardment, and Related Claims (Eri. v. Eth.), Eritrea's Claims 1, 3, 5, 9–13, 14, 21, 25, and 26, Partial Award, para. 27 (Eritrea Ethiopia Claims Comm'n Dec. 19, 2005).

2 Clapham, Andrew, Human Rights Obligations of Non-state Actors in Conflict Situations, 88 Int'l Rev. Red Cross 491, 502 (2006)Google Scholar.

3 International Committee of the Red Cross, Commentary on the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Vol. IV, at 45 (Jean Pictet ed., 1958).

4 Prosecutor v. Naletilić, Case No. IT-98-34-T, Judgment, para. 220 (Mar. 31, 2003).

5 HCJ 9132/07 Al-Bassiouni v. Prime Minister of Israel, Judgment (Jan. 30, 2008) (Isr.).

6 See also Eyal Benvenisti, The International Law of Occupation 53 (2012).

7 Loizidou v. Turkey, 1996-VI Eur. Ct. H.R. 2216, para. 64; Cyprus v. Turkey, 2001-IV Eur. Ct. H.R. 1, paras. 175, 189.

8 Demopoulos v. Turkey, 2010-I Eur. Ct. H.R. 365.

9 Id., para. 85; see also Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) Notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), Advisory Opinion, 1971 ICJ Rep. 16, para. 111 (June 21).

10 Compare Yaël Ronen, Transition from Illegal Regimes Under International Law 97 (2011).

11 Martti Koskenniemi, From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument (2006).

12 Chiragov v. Armenia, App. No. 13216/05, Judgment, para. 96 (Eur. Ct. H.R. June 16, 2015).

13 See Yoram Dinstein, The International Law of Belligerent Occupation 44 (2009) (“the Occupying Power must deploy ‘boots’ on the ground in or near the territory that is under occupation”) (emphasis added).

14 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem. Rep. Congo v. Uganda), Judgment, 2005 ICJ Rep. 116, paras. 169, 172 (Dec. 19).

15 See also Sharon Weill, The Role of National Courts in Applying International Humanitarian Law 46 (2014).

16 HCJ 2056/04 Beit Sourik Village Council v. Government of Israel, Judgment, paras. 44–85 (May 2, 2004) (Isr.).

17 HCJ 7957/04 Mara’abe v. Prime Minister of Israel, Judgment, paras 110–16 (Sept. 15, 2005) (Isr.).

18 Id., para. 19 (emphasis in original).

19 Id., para. 74.

20 Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 2004 ICJ Rep. 136, para. 121 (July 9).

21 Theodor Meron, The West Bank and International Humanitarian Law on the Eve of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Six-Day War, 111 AJIL 357 (2017).