text: Chapter 6
  PROHIBITION OF THE EXTINGUISHING OF RIGHTS
  6-54. It is expressly forbidden to declare abolished, suspended, or inadmissible in a court of law the rights
  and actions of the nationals of a hostile party (HR art. 23). This rule has been interpreted to apply solely to
  enemy areas occupied by a belligerent. It has been interpreted to prohibit a military commander from
  arbitrarily annulling the results of civil proceedings between private parties (see DOD Law of War Manual,
  11.11.1.4).
  FUNCTIONING OF LOCAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
  6-55. In general, the courts and other tribunals of the occupied territory should continue to function. For
  example, ordinary crimes that do not affect the safety of the Occupying Power or its personnel are normally
  left to the jurisdiction of the courts in the occupied territory (GC art. 64). However, the administration of
  justice in occupied territory, like the performance of other governmental functions, is subject to the direction
  of the Occupying Power (see DOD Law of War Manual, 11.10).
  SUSPENSION OF COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
  6-56. The ordinary courts in occupied territory should be suspended only if:
  * Judges and magistrates are unable or unwilling to perform their duties (GC art. 54);
  * The courts are corrupt or unfairly constituted, for example, failing to provide the impartial and
  regularly constituted courts respecting the generally recognized principles of regular judicial
  procedure, recognized by international law (consider AP I art. 75); or
  * Local judicial administration has collapsed due to the hostilities preceding the occupation (see
  DOD Law of War Manual, 11.10.1).
  In such cases, the Occupying Power may use its own properly constituted, non-political military courts to
  ensure that offenses against the local population are properly tried (see DOD Law of War Manual, 11.10.1).
  IMMUNITY OF OCCUPATION PERSONNEL FROM LOCAL LAW
  6-57. Military and civilian personnel of the occupying forces and occupation administration, and persons
  accompanying them, are not subject to local laws or to the jurisdiction of the local civil or criminal courts of
  the occupied territory, unless expressly agreed to by a competent officer of the Occupying Power.
  CENSORSHIP
  6-58. For the purposes of security, an Occupying Power may establish censorship or regulation of any or all
  forms of media (for example, press, radio, or television) and entertainment (for example, theater or movies),
  of correspondence, and of other means of communication. For example, an Occupying Power may prohibit
  entirely the publication of newspapers that pose a threat to security or it may prescribe regulations for the
  publication or circulation of newspapers or, of other media for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations to
  restore public order (see DOD Law of War Manual, 11.7.2).
  CONTROL OF THE MEANS OF TRANSPORT
  6-59. An Occupying Power is entitled to exercise authority over all public and private transportation, whether
  on land, water or air, within the occupied territory and may seize them and regulate their operation
  PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION OF THE OCCUPIED
  TERRITORY
  6-60. Under the law of belligerent occupation, the Occupying Power has certain duties with respect to the
  population of an occupied territory, including protected persons under the GC.
  6-61. The population of an occupied territory, like other protected persons under the GC, are entitled, in all
  circumstances, to respect for their persons, their honor, their family rights, their religious convictions and
  practices, and their manners and customs (HR art. 46). They must at all times be humanely treated, and must