rei de Goa no exílio Sua Alteza, o senil Ferdinando Dos Reis Falcão and his cohorts who keep questioning the annexation of Goa as illegal under International law. this is what Geneva convention and International law says.......... Annexation as distinguished from belligerent occupation occurs when the Occupying Power acquires and makes the occupied territory its own. Annexation gives a de jure right to administer the territory. Annexation means that there is not only possession but uncontested sovereignty over the territory. Under Art. 6 the Convention continues to apply to occupied territory for one year after the general close of hostilities for the reason that if the Occupied Power turns victorious the land would be freed in one year, and if the Occupying Power remains victorious, as hostilities cease, strong measures against the civilian population are no longer necessary. Otherwise also, occupation, which means belligerent occupation comes to an end when hostilities cease and the territory becomes a part of the Occupying Power. In the case of Goa the military engagement was only a few hours duration and there was no resistance at all. It was hardly necessary to try to establish title by history traced to the early days nor any room for Schwarzenburgers thesis that title is relative and grows with recognition. True annexation followed so close upon military occupation as to leave no real hiatus. True annexation by conquest and subjugation was complete on December 20, 1961 and the Geneva Convention ceased to apply from that date. It was not disputed that the ANNEXATION WAS LAWFUL.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:00:15 +0000
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