Unrecognized Entities : Perspectives in International, European and Constitutional Law.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Perspectives in International Law -- Chapter 1 International Law and Non-recognized Entities: Towards a Frozen Future? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Case Studies in This Volume -- 3 How These Entities May Be Described - A Political Science Approach -- 4 An International Law Approach - Self-determination and Secession -- 5 The Case Studies in This Collection - An Overview -- 5.1 Catalonia (and Scotland as a Comparator) -- 5.2 Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 5.3 dnr and lnr -- 5.4 Nagorno-Karabakh or Artsakh -- 5.5 Transnistria or pmr -- 5.6 The Russian Regions, Especially the Ethnic (National) Republics -- 5.7 Crimea -- 6 The UN Seal of Approval, and the Route to Admission -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 International Organizations and Non-State Territorial Entities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Statehood -- 2.1 Removing a Counterclaim to Territorial Integrity -- 2.2 Conceptualizing Statehood -- 2.3 The Role of Recognition -- 3 Statehood and Territorial Illegality -- 3.1 The Obligation of Collective Non-Recognition -- 3.2 Non-Recognized Illegal States? -- 3.3 Non-State Territorial Entities -- 4 Statehood and the United Nations -- 4.1 UN Membership and Statehood -- 4.2 UN Observer State Status -- 4.3 International Legal Capacity and the "Vienna Formula" -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Arrow of Passports in the Quiver of Russia: Eastern Ukraine, Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Legal Framework: Some Remarks -- 2.1 Nottebohm: Obscuring Rather than Enlightening -- 2.2 Kin-States and National Minorities -- 3 Extraterritorial Naturalization in the Post-Soviet Space -- 3.1 Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 3.2 Eastern Ukraine -- 4 Assessment in Light of International Law.

4.1 Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 4.2 Eastern Ukraine -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 4 Investment Disputes in Annexed Crimea from the Perspective of International Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Russian-Ukrainian bit -- 2.1 Moving Treaty Frontiers Rule -- 2.2 State Succession to International Treaties -- 2.3 De Facto Control -- 3 The Duty of Non-Recognition under Public International Law -- 3.1 Applicable Norms -- 3.2 Exception for "Benevolent" Treaties -- 3.3 Addressee -- 3.4 Interim Result -- 4 Applying the Russian-Ukrainian bit in Light of the Duty of Non-Recognition of Crimea? -- 5 Additional International Law Regimes -- 5.1 European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- 5.2 The Law on Aliens -- 5.3 Geneva Conventions - Humanitarian Law -- 6 Conclusions -- Part 2 Perspectives in European Law -- Chapter 5 The EU and Non-Recognized Territories: Lessons from the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Non-recognition and the Requirement of 'Effective Control' -- 3 The Palestine Territories: The Interaction between International Law and EU Law -- 4 The Western Sahara Saga: Struggling with the Implications of 'Self-Determination' -- 4.1 The Scope of Application of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement and Fisheries Partnership Agreement -- 4.2 Implications of the Court Judgments: A Minimalist Approach -- 5 Conclusions -- Chapter 6 EU Citizenship in Light of Secessionist Movements in the EU -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Brexit: Mission Accomplished? -- 3 EU Citizenship: Fundamental yet Derivative Status -- 4 Retaining the Rights Associated with EU Citizenship -- 4.1 Lessons of Brexit? -- 4.2 EU Citizenship and Secessionist Movements -- 4.3 Perspectives of Proportionality and Human Rights: Kurić v Slovenia and Rottmann -- 5 Concluding Remarks.

Chapter 7 Catalonia: Self-Determination, Secession, and Integration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Catalonia under International and Constitutional Law -- 2.1 Internal and External Self-Determination -- 2.2 Unilateral Referendum and Declaration of Independence -- 2.3 Effectivity and Recognition -- 3 Catalonia under European Union Law -- 3.1 An Actual Union of States v. a Potential Union of Peoples -- 3.2 Right to Withdraw and Right to Secede -- 3.3 External or Internal Enlargement -- 4 Epilogue -- Part 3 Perspectives from the Field -- Chapter 8 The Legal System of Nagorno-Karabakh: International and European Considerations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, International Law, and International Organizations -- 2.1 The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and Its Status under International Law -- 2.2 International Organizations and the nkr -- 2.2.1 The osce -- 2.2.2 The United Nations -- 2.2.3 The European Union -- 2.2.4 The Council of Europe -- 3 The Constitutional Order of the nkr and the Status of International Law -- 3.1 The Constitutional Evolution of the nkr -- 3.2 International Law in the Legal Order of the nkr -- 4 The Judicial System and Human Rights Protection in Nagorno-Karabakh -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The Legal Systems of the Donetsk/Lugansk People's Republics: International and European Considerations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Background and Current Status Quo of the Legal Systems of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics -- 3 Constitutional Orders of the Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics -- 4 Potential Impact of the Constitutional Amendments of 2020 in Russia on the Constitutional Orders of the dpr and lpr -- 5 International Law in the Constitutional Orders of the dpr and lpr -- 6 Responsibility for Ensuring Protection of Fundamental Human Rights in the dpr/lpr -- 7 Concluding Remarks.

Chapter 10 The Legal Systems of Georgia's Breakaway Regions: International and European Considerations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Emergence of the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 3 Legal Systems of the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 3.1 Republic of South Ossetia -- 3.2 Republic of Abkhazia -- 4 The Place of International Law in the Legal Systems of the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 5 International Responsibility for Human Rights Violations in the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 11 The Legal System of Transnistria: International and European Considerations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolution and Consolidation of Contested Statehood -- 2.1 Historical Background -- 2.2 Conflict Settlement and Transnistria's Status under Moldovan Law -- 3 Legal, Political and Economic Characteristics of Transnistria and Engagement with International Regimes -- 3.1 Transnistria's Legal and Political System28 -- 3.2 The State Institutions -- 3.3 The Judicial System -- 3.4 International Treaties and Human Rights Protection in Transnistria -- 4 Economic and Political Aspects of Transnistria's Engagement with the International System -- 4.1 Transnistria's Economy and State Budget -- 4.2 Participation in International Trade -- 4.3 Domestic Politics and Moscow's Influence -- 5 Conclusion -- Concluding Remarks.

The book comprehensively discusses legal and political issues of non-recognized entities in the context of international and European Law, combining perspectives of international and European law with those of the non-recognized entities themselves.

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