Territoriality, self-determination and Crimea after Badinter

• Autores: Cornelia Navari
• Localización: International Affairs, ISSN-e 1468-2346, Vol. 90, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 1299-1318
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Arbitration Commission of the Conference on Yugoslavia provided the basis of the post-Cold War territorial settlements in Europe. These included democratization criteria for the recognition of the new states in central Europe and a new territorial concept that allowed the internal borders of federated states to serve as international borders. In the process, the commission endorsed cultural nationalism within fixed borders and encouraged a significant degree of political self-determination. The commissioners also supported identity nationalism as a genuine aspiration, giving rise to �an interesting direction of thought� concerning the interpretation and meaning of the self-determination of peoples, and these provoked an enhanced understanding and protection of the rights of minorities. This was to provide a basis for the legitimacy claims not only of Bosnian Serbs and Kosovars, but also of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Crimea.