The Right to Self-determination as a Claim to Independence in International Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12892015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikulas Fabry (Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 498-504 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449057.2015.1051812 |
| OpenAlex | W1532503310 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper examines responses of states and intergovernmental organizations to the claims of independent statehood grounded in the right to self-determination. Virtually all assertions of independence invoke this right and it is highly probable that this long-standing global trend will continue. At the same time, only a relatively limited number of them are supported externally, either in the form of widespread public endorsement or outright recognition of a new state. This paper argues that there has been a clear prevailing international practice for more than five decades. On the one hand, international society has accepted self-determination claims to independence put forward by colonies and by non-colonial entities that obtained assent of their parent states. On the other hand, it has opposed claims set forth by non-colonial entities against the will of their parent states unilaterally. However, countries have been unable to maintain complete consistency and, in recent years, great powers found themselves at profound odds over a number of cases. These differences have led, and have a future potential to lead, to various forms of international conflict
Autonomy · Colonialism · Consistency (knowledge bases · Independence (probability theory · Law and economics · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · State (computer science · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |