CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Sargsyan, Rima |
|---|---|
| Title | Remedial Secession and Justice-Based Legitimacy: Assessing the Cases of South Sudan and Nagorno-Karabakh |
| Summary | The existing world is characterized with a wide range of secessionist movements attempting to establish independent states. Meanwhile, trying to prevent the supposed destabilization of the existing international relations, the international community has shown a relatively clear reluctance to start a legal international precedence of recognizing secessionist claims. And here I question the established double standards and selective approach of the international community towards recognition of secessions and build an argument that morally justified secessions should gain international recognition of their legitimacy. Building the argument on remedial theories, the following cases have been studied as a test for these theories: South Sudan and Nagorno-Karabakh. Through the study of the aforementioned cases we come to the conclusion that the establishment of a major international justice cannot be undervalued by the existing stance of the legal framework. Thus, in order to reestablish the importance of international justice and fill the gap between legal system and morally justified legitimacy a shift is necessary from the current interpretation of the right to self-determination to a legal incorporation of the right to remedial secession. The institutionalization of the discussed remedial right theories in their limited scope of application should lead to a reevaluation of the global justice, peace and security as the major aims of the current international community. |
| Supervisor | Nagy, Boldizsár |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/sargsyan_rima.pdf |
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