CONSIDERATIONS ON TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND UNILATERRAL SEPARATION
Accepted
27 March 2026
Available Online
15 August 2014
Abstract
THE LAST DECADE OF THE XXTH CENTURY WAS WITNESS AND BENEFICIARY OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS PROMOTION. THE FRAME WITHIN THE OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS EXTENDED WAS LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE, BECOMING A STATE POLICY TOGETHER WITH JURIDICAL GUARANTEES. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE WAS IN THE EAST OF THE SPACE OF THE CONFERENCE FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN E UROPE. THE RECOMMENDATION 1201 (1993) WAS A REFERENCE MOMENT AT THAT TIME IN THE EFFORTS OF THOSE TRYING TO OBTAIN THE RECOGNITION OF THE COLLECTIVE RIGHTS FOR THE NATIONAL MINORITIES, WITH CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS THE RECOGNITION OF THE STATE LOCAL AUTONOMY O N ETHNICAL CRITERIA. EVEN FOR THE COLONIES THE UNILATERAL SECESSION WAS AN EXCEPTION. THE SELF - DETERMINATION WAS FIRSTLY A MATTER OF COLONIAL AUTHORITY TO APPLY OR NOT; SUPPORTING UNILATERAL SELF -DETERMINATION BY THE UN TOOK PLACE ONLY IF IT WAS BLOCKED BY THE COLONIAL AUTHORITY. OUTSIDE THIS FRAME, THE UN WAS VERY RESERVED IN APPROVING THE SEPARATION OF AN ENTITY FROM THE STATE OF WHICH IT BELONGS AGAINST THE WILL OF THE RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
Keywords
COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
SECCESION
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
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