Title to Territory in Europe in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian Armed Conflict: Methods, Illegal Claims and Legal Assessments
Title to Territory in Europe in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian Armed Conflict: Methods, Illegal Claims and Legal Assessments
Author(s): Valeriy Kononenko, Tetiana Tarakhonych, Liliana Tymchenko, Nataliia ParkhomenkoSubject(s): International Law, Studies in violence and power, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: title to territory; territorial integrity; continuity of states; statehood; annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation; International Court of Justice on territorial disputes;
Summary/Abstract: Illegal decisions and actions do not give rise to legal consequences. An annexed territory cannot receive the status of a part of an aggressor state. The question of a territorial dispute does not arise in this case. It is correct to talk about a unilateral unreasonable claim. Territory, as an integral part of the concept of state, as a criterion of statehood, has acquired special significance in the modern conditions. It is not only a natural resource (land, water, subsoil) and a space for the placement of technologies and hazardous waste. It may be considered as a line of protection. States may lay claim to one or another part of the territory of a neighboring state. The methods of territorial acquisitions of the past do not comply with the norms of modern international law.
Journal: European Studies - the Review of European Law, Economics and Politics
- Issue Year: 10/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 133-156
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
