Can you indicate where in the GC or in LoW manual where you get these assertion from. I'm open to what you are asserting if there is actual, factual evidence backing it up.
So far, zip.
Please provide quotes if you are so sure, coz as far as I can see, its not there.
Apologies for source, but:
The Geneva Conventions concern only combatants in war; they do not address the use of weapons of war, which are instead addressed by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, which concern conventional weapons, and the Geneva Protocol, which concerns biological and chemical warfare (wiki)
The only references to "one year" in LoW chapter 11 refer to obligations of the belligerent occupier for one year following cessation of hostilities (aka war is finished and over). Nothing about the sovereigns being obliged.
Anyway, if you can back up your assertions with actual factual evidence, I'm really happy. Otherwise, they are weak as water.
Nonsense. Please quote directly from LoW where it says this at all.
I'm generously framing it as a "gee, I have a mental block on this" whereas in reality, after discussing this at length, not ONE person has showed up to quote LoW where this actually applies, or to quote from GC to that effect.
I've reading through the manual, quoting it directly, to show how this nonsense of "you gotta with one year" this is completely without basis.
Give me an actual quote or reference in the manual (or GC) to back up your rather arbitrary assertions. They may appear logical to you, but they are unrelated to the actual manual itself. (And if I'm wrong, shown through your quotes, I'll gladly admit it and accept it.)
GC ONLY applies to the occupying force, NOT to the original sovereign, who isn't in control of the occupied territory or populace, by definition.
The only "one year" references in Chapter 11 state clearly:
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 Power exercises the functions of government in such territory, by the provisions of the following Articles of the GC (page 653)
Can you specify
a) what was the military operations, and when did they cease?
b) if the Black Hats still occupy the territory, the occupation continues
Do a search through the entire manual, using "one year" (or 1 year, or 12 months, or twelve months) and you'll see that there is nothing in LoW about this gotta wait one year nonsense.
Also:
Protected persons whose release, repatriation, or re-establishment may take place after such dates shall meanwhile continue to benefit from the protection of the GC. Pg 653)
You see? There is none of this bulldust nonsense about having to wait one year before you can attempt to reclaim your own territory. Rubbish. You think, after the Nazis occupied France, that the French underground just said, oh well, we have to wait one year before we are allowed to being rescuing our people, sabotaging the Nazis, or working with spies in France?
The entire point of Chapter 3 is that the Occupier (who is belligerent) MUST adhere to the GC with regards to the people and territory THEY occupy.
If you can quote the LoW and explain how it is otherwise, then just frame your theory as a theory and an (arbitrary) opinion, and leave it at that.
Nonsense. Please quote directly from LoW where it says this at all.
I'm generously framing it as a "gee, I have a mental block on this" whereas in reality, after discussing this at length, not ONE person has showed up to quote LoW where this actually applies.
I've reading through the manual, quoting it directly, to show how this nonsense of "you gotta with one year" this is completely without basis.
Give me an actual quote or reference in the manual to back up your rather arbitrary assertions. They may appear logical to you, but they are unrelated to the actual manual itself.
GC ONLY applies to the occupying force, NOT to the original sovereign, who isn't in control of the occupied territory or populace, by definition.
The only "one year" references in Chapter 11 state clearly:
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 Power exercises the functions of government in such territory, by the provisions of the following Articles of the GC (page 653)
Can you specify
a) what was the military operations, and when did they cease?
b) if the Black Hats still occupy the territory, the occupation continues
Also:
Protected persons whose release, repatriation, or re-establishment may take place after such dates shall meanwhile continue to benefit from the protection of the GC. Pg 653)
You see? There is none of this bulldust nonsense about having to wait one year before you can attempt to reclaim your own territory. Rubbish. You think, after the Nazis occupied France, that the French underground just said, oh well, we have to wait one year before we are allowed to being rescuing our people, sabotaging the Nazis, or working with spies in France?
The entire point of Chapter 3 is that the Occupier (who is belligerent) MUST adhere to the GC with regards to the people and territory THEY occupy.
If you can quote the LoW and explain how it is otherwise, then just frame your theory as a theory and an (arbitrary) opinion, and leave it at that.