Self-Determination – Secession – Recognition (Remarks on the International Legal Background to the Incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation)
Self-Determination – Secession – Recognition (Remarks on the International Legal Background to the Incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation)

Author(s): Władysław Czapliński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: self-determination; international personality; secession; recognition
Summary/Abstract: The present paper formulates some introductory remarks on a problem which has been discussed widely in the past, but remains current, as new states appear on the political map of the world. It seems that there are no areas which constitute terra nullius, i.e. are not subject to the jurisdiction of any State. New states can be created either by way of the uniting of alreadyexisting states, or through dismemberment of the existing state, or – as most frequently in recent times – by way of the secession of a part of the territory and population from the predecessor state. Secessionist movements base their claims on the right to self-determination. In that broad context, our intention is to present the international legal background to the Crimean events. While there is an obvious limit to the level of detail achieved, there can certainly be here a full sketching out of many important issues relating to Crimea’s secession and annexation.

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