Browsing by Subject "Self-determination"
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Annexation of Crimea – seizure of territories without a declaration of war: realities of the 21st century
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The thesis focuses on the main international legal aspects of the annexation by one State, namely the Russian Federation, of a part of another sovereign State, Ukraine. The annexation of the Crimean Peninsula is the first ... -
Legal and political aspects of European secession movements - what are the lawful mechanisms for secession and creating a new state?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Since the fall of Communism in Europe in the 1990’s, no new state in Europe has emerged. While the 2008 Kosovo Declaration of Independence, would suggest otherwise, the statehood of Kosovo is a still debated topic, as the ... -
Possibility of an independent Catalonia: the scope of the principle of self-determination under public international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The paper aims to examine the scope and applicability of the right to self-determination and its relationship with the principle of territorial integrity to conclude as to whether there exists a right to unilateral ...