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Self-Determination And Secession Under International Law: The New Framework, Milena Sterio
Self-Determination And Secession Under International Law: The New Framework, Milena Sterio
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This Article argues toward the necessity to develop a new international law framework on secession. The development of such a normative framework is necessary in order to address various secessionist situations around the globe and to replace the resolution of secessionist struggles through politics of the Great Powers with true legal norms.
This Article first analyzes several examples of successful and failed secessions in recent history. Next it focuses on existing international law on the subject matter of secession and concludes that existing norms are insufficient and indefinite. Finally, it develops a new proposed framework on secession, which attempts to …
Earned Sovereignty Revisited: Creating A Strategic Framework For Managing Self-Determination Based Conflicts, Paul Williams, Carlie Armstrong, Abigail Avoryie
Earned Sovereignty Revisited: Creating A Strategic Framework For Managing Self-Determination Based Conflicts, Paul Williams, Carlie Armstrong, Abigail Avoryie
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There are over seventy active self-determination movements around the globe, and this trend seems far from dissipating. Many of these self-determination movements generate sovereignty-based conflicts characterized by extreme violence on the part of both the parent state and the sub-state entity, and by the potential for regional and international instability.
In order to successfully resolve the persistent and growing number of violent and non-violent sovereignty-based conflicts, this article calls for the international community to develop a strategic framework to guide resolution of these conflicts. Currently, no comprehensive strategic framework for managing self-determination exists. The status quo promotes a nebulous approach …