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Can the Non-Colonials Decolonize?

open access: yesAJIL Unbound
Decolonization, naturally, assumes the presence of colonization. For most formerly colonized states decolonization has meant: (1) honoring the inherited colonial treaties; and (2) accepting uti possidetis juris.
Prabhakar Singh
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Towards Understanding the Cameroon-Nigeria and the Eswatini-South African Border Dispute through the Prism of the Principle of uti possidetis juris Customary International Law

open access: yesAfrica Development, 2023
This article examines the Cameroon-Nigeria and Eswatini-South Africa border disputes from a comparative perspective within the framework of the doctrine of uti possidetis juris in customary international law. Extant scholarly works on these two border disputes have not been sufficiently cogent to enable an evaluation of the relevance and shortcomings ...
Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini   +3 more
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Trans-Border Ethnic Groups and Conflict Dynamics in Africa: An Evaluation of Bakongo in DRC and Angola

open access: yesİmgelem
This study examines how artificial borders drawn during the colonial period in Africa transformed the spatial distribution of ethnic groups and laid the groundwork for political conflicts involving transboundary ethnic groups.
Hande Sapmaz
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The principle of uti possidetis juris and the borders of Israel [PDF]

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The principle uti possidetis juris, raised in the Dissenting Opinion of Vice-President Sebutinde and according to which a new State established in formerly colonial territory inherits the former (colonial) borders is untenable in the situation of Israel. The reason is that at the time of independence Israel’s leaders accepted the principle of partition.
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The Threat of a Rising Sea Level: Saving Statehood through the Adoption of Uti Possidetis Juris

open access: yesStrathmore Law Review, 2020
Climate change has several adverse effects. One of these is ‘sea level rise’, which threatens two key requirements of statehood as stipulated by the declaratory theory of statehood and subsequently listed in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States. These are a defined territory and a permanent population. The focus of this paper is
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Geopolityczne implikacje konfliktu terytorialnego między Wenezuelą a Gujaną [PDF]

open access: yesPrzegląd Geopolityczny
This article examines the geopolitical implications of the territorial conflict between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region, contextualizing it within shifting international alliances and economic interests.
Jakub Mikłasz
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PENERAPAN PRINSIP UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS DALAM PENETAPAN BATAS DARAT INDONESIA DAN TIMOR LESTE

open access: yesJurnal Bina Mulia Hukum, 2020
Abstrak Indonesia dan Timor Leste menetapkan batas darat dalam Provisional Agreement on the Land Boundary, 2005 berdasarkan prinsip uti possidetis juris, yang dimaknai batas negara baru harus mengikuti batas wilayah dari negara yang pernah mendudukinya dan tidak dapat dikesampingkan oleh prinsip hak menentukan nasib sendiri.
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The Principles of Uti Possidetis Juris As an Alternative to Settlement Determination of Territorial Limits in the Oecusse Sacred Area (Study of the NKRI and RDTL Boundaries)

open access: yesYuridika, 2019
Based on the Decree of the People's Consultative Assembly in 1999, the legal status of the territory of Timor Leste is no longer the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. With the establishment of the state of Timor Leste, between Indonesia and Timor Leste, boundaries of land and sea need to be included which cover territorial ...
Sunyowati, Dina   +2 more
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