Status neutrality is crucial for a stable Kosovo(Ian Bancroft, The Guardian) Friday, July 30, 2010 Following the ICJ's ruling on Kosovo's independence, a failure to heed the region's Serbs will fuel tensions on the ground ... |
The Hague's Balkan Confusion(Charles Simic, Тhe New York Rewiev of Books) Friday, July 30, 2010 There is nothing very surprising about the ruling by the International Court of Justice that Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence was legal. As one would expect, the Serbian government—which had challenged the declaration before the court and remained to the end optimistic ... |
Kosovo's Disastrous Precedent(Vuk Jeremic, Wall Street Journal ) Thursday, July 29, 2010 Serbia will never recognize this unilateral declaration of independence; we seek peaceful compromise. ... |
After Kosovo: Secession in the Middle East(Chibli Mallat, Daily Star) Thursday, July 29, 2010 Ruling could inspire misplaced secessionist movements in yemen and Occupied territories ... |
Hague ruling on Kosovo boost for Quebec: Bernard(Kevin Dougherty, Montreal Gazette) Thursday, July 29, 2010 A senior Parti Québécois strategist said Monday a World Court ruling that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia did not violate international law means Quebec also has the right to declare its independence unilaterally. ... |
ICJ ruling `could inspire RI separatists'(Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post ) Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Indonesia's territorial sovereignty could be under threat, following a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which found that Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia did not violate international law, legislators say. ... |
If Kosovo can legally secede from Serbia, what's to stop Mexifornia leaving the United States?(Ed West, Telegraph.co.uk) Monday, July 26, 2010 If Kosovo can unilaterally secede from a sovereign state quite legally, as the World Court has now ruled, where does it leave the rest of the world's unstable multi-ethnic states? ... |
Hague ruling on Kosovo has limited legal impact(Jörg Künzli, swissinfo.ch) Sunday, July 25, 2010 A decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stands to reason, but it leaves many open questions, according to a Swiss legal expert. ... |
Kosovo: Unprecedented case(Voice of Russia) Saturday, July 24, 2010 Unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence did not violate the international law, said the Chairman of the International Criminal Court announcing the Court's consultative conclusion. As the Court's verdict reads, the international law does not ban declarations of ... |
After Kosovo, where next?(Gideon Rachman, Financial Times ) Saturday, July 24, 2010 The International Court of Justice seems to have done its utmost to sit on the fence over the legality of Kosovo's secession from Yugoslavia. It has ruled that Kosovo's declaration of independence was legal, but it has not pronounced on the legality of the secession as ... |
