Self-Determination and Humanitarian Secession in International Law of a Globalized World: Kosovo V. Crimea

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Table of Case Law -- Table of Documents of International Organizations and Associations -- Table of National Laws -- Table of Treaties and International Texts -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: Self-Determination and Secession Versus Territorial Integrity in International Law -- Chapter 2: The Recognition of the Right to Self-Determination in International Law -- 2.1 Self-Determination Under the Charter of the United Nations -- 2.1.1 Origins of the Idea of Self-Determination -- 2.1.2 The Principle of Self-Determination in the Charter of the United Nations -- 2.1.3 The Right to Self-Determination in the Era of Decolonization -- 2.2 The Right to Self-Determination After the End of Decolonization -- 2.2.1 The Right to Self-Determination as a Norm of jus cogens -- 2.2.2 The Scope of the Right and the Notion of a People -- 2.3 The Extent and Limitations of the Principle of Territorial Integrity -- 2.4 Towards a Definition of the Right to Self-Determination -- References -- Chapter 3: The Right to Self-Determination and Unilateral Secession -- 3.1 The Absence of a Prohibition on Unilateral Secession in International Law -- 3.1.1 The Neutrality of International Law Toward Unilateral Secession -- 3.1.2 Unilateral Secession as a Fact and Presumptions in Favour of the State -- 3.2 The Scope of Unilateral Declarations of Independence and Their Effectiveness -- 3.3 The Wrongfulness of Secession Under Certain Circumstances -- References -- Part II: The Independence of Kosovo and Crimea in the Light of Contemporary International Law -- Chapter 4: Kosovo´s Long Road to Independence in 2008 -- 4.1 The Disintegration of the Yugoslav State and Demands for Autonomy -- 4.1.1 Albano-Kosovar Reactions to Repression -- 4.1.2 The Outbreak of Internal Armed Conflict.