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Apr
A Structural Imbalance: The Law of Occupation’s Treatment of Resistance
[Narin Salih is an LL.M. candidate in Public International Law (Conflict and Security) at Utrecht University] In light of the situations in Palestine and Ukraine, the question of whether occupied populations have a legal right to resist has never been more pressing. Yet the law of occupation faces a fundamental tension: it simultaneously acknowledges the factual reality of resistance yet consistently...