Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Category : Armenia (Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Category : Armenia (Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Category : Armenia (Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Eric Bjornlund
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN: 0801880483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1076

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Author: Christian Walter
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191006920
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Peoples and minorities in many parts of the world assert a right to self-determination, autonomy, and even secession from a state, which naturally conflicts with that state's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The right of a people to self-determination and secession has existed as a concept within international law since the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, but the exact definition of these concepts, and the conditions required for their application, remain unclear. The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice concerning the Declaration of Independency of Kosovo (2010), which held that the Kosovo declaration of independence was not in violation of international law, has only led to further questions. This book takes four conflicts in the post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as a starting point for examining the current state of the law of self-determination and secession. Four entities, Transnistria (Moldova), South Ossetia, Abkhazia (both Georgia), and Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), claim to be entitled not only to self-determination but also to secession from their mother state. For this entitlement they rely on historic affiliations, and on charges of discrimination and massive human rights violations committed by their mother state. This book sets out its analysis of these critical issue in three parts, providing a detailed understanding of the principles of international law on which they rely: The first part sets out the contours and meaning of self-determination and secession, including an overall assessment of secession within the Commonwealth of Independent States. The second section provides case studies investigating the events in Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Nagorno-Karabach in greater detail. The third and final section extends the scope of the examination, providing a comparative analysis of similar conflicts involving questions of self-determination and secession in Kosovo, Western Sahara, and Eritrea.

Author: Anita I. Singh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313074631
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Inder Singh examines why international organizations including the UN, OSCE, and Council of Europe advocated democratic governance, based on the rule of law and respect for human and minority rights, as the method by which states should try to accommodate their ethnically mixed populations. She discusses how realistic this advice has been, given the tension between the principle of the sovereignty of states and their international obligations, and the extent to which democratization had made for ethnic and political stability in post-communist Europe. Inder Singh demonstrates that this advocacy of democracy to handle ethnic diversity questions the perception of nationalism as a cause of war and disorder. This pathbreaking study will be of appeal to academics and policy makers interested in how the management of ethnic diversity through democracy can enhance domestic and international security.