Republika Srpska Krajina and the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination
Republika Srpska Krajina and the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination
Author(s): Peter RadanSubject(s): International Law, Nationalism Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Republika Srpska Krajina; The break-up of Yugoslavia; War in Croatia 1991–1995; International Law; Self-determination; Secession; Inter-ethnic relations; National Minorities; Serbs in Croatia; Nationa
Summary/Abstract: In Part I of this article author details the claims to independent statehood of Croatia and Krajina based upon the right of peoples to self-determination in the context of the emergence of nationalism as a powerful political force in Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. He also details the response of the international community to the crisis which these irreconcilable claims gave rise to. In Part II author explores the reasons why the secession of Croatia succeeded and the secession of Krajina failed. Finally, the ramifications of Croatia’s and Krajina’s competing claims to statehood for the right of peoples to self-determination are discussed in the Conclusion.
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 9-34
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English