Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo, Advisory Opinion

ICJ Reports 2010, p. 403 · International Court of Justice

General international law does not prohibit a declaration of independence; the Court did not decide Kosovo's statehood.

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Related sections:

Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 2(4) — Prohibition of threat or use of force against territorial integrity
Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, 1933, 3 — Political existence of the State is independent of recognition