Lenin and Wilson in Tension - Or How Nagorno-Karabakh Differs from the Crimea Case
Kulish, Polina
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Lier, Kristina
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Verfassungsblog
2020-11-02
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The autumn of 2020 witnessed the biggest escalation of the decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict since the war of 1992-4. The analysis of legal arguments raised by the Armenian and Azerbaijan sides, is influenced by the Crimean Referendum of 2014. Whereas in the latter case, the majority of the UN members condemned Russian acts, now the international community seems reluctant to take a stance, calling for a mutual ceasefire instead. Does the difference in international response display inconsistency of state practice and the prevalence of Realpolitik over the rule of international law? This contribution suggests that the incongruity is due to two different doctrines informing the scope of a right to self-determination.
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Kulish, Polina
International Law
Nagorno-Karabakh
self-determination
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https://verfassungsblog.de/lenin-and-wilson-in-tension/
Verfassungsblog
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.17176/20201102-235552-0
201102
10.17176/20201102-235552-0
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