Essays about: "self-determination in kosovo"

Found 4 essays containing the words self-determination in kosovo.

  1. 1. Rethinking the Lotus Principle: New Perspectives on the Kosovo Advisory Opinion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Teresa O'Neill; [2017]
    Keywords : international law; the Lotus principle; self-determination; human rights; legal theory; Kosovo; declaration of independence; folkrätt; mänskliga rättigheter; självständighet; självständighetsdeklaration; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following Kosovo’s issuance of a unilateral declaration of independence in 2008, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice to pronounce itself on the accordance with international law of the declaration of independence. The Court’s answer to that request was that the declaration of independence was not in violation of international law. READ MORE

  2. 2. Self-Determination, Secession, and State Recognition: A Comparative Study of Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Jack Holmberg Forsyth; [2012]
    Keywords : South Ossetia; Abkhazia; Kosovo; State Recognition; Secession; Self-Determination; Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The principle of self-determination has come a long way from its origins as a tool for political rhetoric to its current status as a right of international law valid erga omnes. However, the contents of the right to self-determination, as well as its applicability, remain unclear. READ MORE

  3. 3. Kosovo - A Territory with a Right to Self-Determination?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Niclas Fältsjö; [2011]
    Keywords : Kosovo; right to self-determination; human rights; minority rights; declaration of independence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Kosovo, the world’s 193rd country, will be the sixth state carved from the former Serbian-dominated Yugoslav federation since 1991, after Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro, which became the world’s newest state in 2006. Kosovo’s statehood is, however, still disputed. READ MORE

  4. 4. Vetevendosje

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ghazal Delafrouz; [2009]
    Keywords : framing; Kosovo; political opportunity; social movement; Vetevendosje; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Vetevendosje is a Kosovo-Albanian social movement which main political demand is self-determination. Social movements most commonly disappear or get institutionalized when reaching their political aim. What is interesting is that Vetevendosje did not follow this pattern. READ MORE