Resolving Claims to Self-Determination

Is There a Role for the International Court of Justice?
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-65958-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 728 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in International Law

Since the end of World War Two and the formation of the UN, the nature of warfare has undergone changes with many wars being ‘intra-state’ wars, or wars of secession. Whilst wars of secession do not involve the same number or type of combatants as in the last two World Wars, their potential for destruction and their danger for the international community cannot be underestimated. There are currently many peoples seeking independence from what they perceive as foreign and alien rulers including the Chechens, West Papuans, Achenese, Tibetans, and the Kurds. The break-up of Yugoslavia and the former USSR, together with recent conflicts in South Ossetia, reveal that the potential for future wars of secession remains high.

This book explores the relationship between recognition, statehood and self-determination, and shows how self-determination continues to be relevant beyond European decolonisation. The book considers how and why unresolved questions of self-determination have the potential to become violent.

The book goes on to investigate whether the International Court of Justice, as the primary judicial organ of the United Nations, could successfully resolve questions of self-determination through the application of legal analysis and principles of international law. By evaluating the strengths, weaknesses and effectiveness of the Court’s advisory jurisdiction, Andrew Coleman asks whether the ICJ is a suitable forum for these questions, and asks what changes would be necessary to provide an effective means for the peaceful "birth" of States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleman, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Determining the Legitimacy of Claims for Self-Determination 2. The Determination of Statehood 3. The International Court of Justice and Claims to Self-Determination 4. The International Court of Justice and Highly Political Matters Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Coleman is Senior Lecturer atMonash University, Australia.