Essays about: "secession"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the word secession.

1. 1. Exceptionalism in Generic Situations - Should the Kosovo Advisory Opinion be regarded as sui generis?

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

   Author : Roy Jasim; [2023]
   Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The right to remedial secession is one of the most divisive issues in interna-tional law. An increasing number of legal scholars have argued that such a right exists, but State practise has shown little support for such a right. READ MORE

3. 2. Supporting Secession : A qualitative study of how external support influences secessionist demands

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Sara Lannebo; [2023]
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4. 3. A Failure of Norm Diffusion: An Analysis of Saudi Export of Salafist Norms to Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Theodor Selimovic; [2023]
   Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina; Salafism; Norm Diffusion; Elite structure; Islamic Community; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Saudi Arabia has been exporting Salafism, a fundamentalist version of Islam, to Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 1992-95 Yugoslav secession war. However, Salafism has been mostly rejected, even though one might expect Bosnian society to be susceptible to radicalism. READ MORE

5. 4. Tensions between Sovereignty and Self-Determination Principles in the UN : UN's Ambiguity in relation to the West Papua Self-Determination Claims

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Syanthy Christianty; [2020]
   Keywords : Sovereignty; Self-determination; Classical colonial context; Unilateral Secession; West Papua;

   Abstract : Sovereignty and self-determination are two principles accepted by UN in the UN Charter and resolutions. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the tensions between sovereignty and self-determination principles in the UN and to increase understanding of how these tensions might have led to ambiguity in UN policy toward the West Papua case. READ MORE

6. 5. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada

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

   Author : Hilda Hansson; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; self-determination; secession; territorial integrity; human rights; democracy; sovereignty; minority rights; Quebec; Canada; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE