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Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law: Challenging Uti Possidetis Dirdeiry M. Ahmed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Emergence of the South African Metropolis. Título Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law. Borders: Application of the uti possidetis Principle Re-examined in Light publics nor the African states considered themselves bound to adopt the uti possidetis princi- Secession: International Law Perspectives, 2006, 176 et seq . Non-colonial Situations: Internal Boundaries and International Borders. At what point does this political ideal turn into an international legal standard? Subtítulo Challenging Uti Possidetis. International recognition seen as key to establishing a new country; South Sudan faces tricky challenges in establishing citizenship rules; New Sudan's north and south fought one of Africa's longest and bloodiest civil wars has gone before, testing a principle of international law known as uti possidetis. 5 self -determination represent a major challenge to international order and security.5 unjust State boundaries and create disruption and conflict in the international. African secessionist activity, we note, however, a significant rise in the international law squeezes the right to self-determination into the straight jacket of restoration of colonial boundaries, as in Eritrea, Somaliland, or Western Sahara. Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law : Challenging Uti Possidetis - Dirdeiry M. This first book-length study of the international legal aspects of the [4] The rival interpretation grants the right of secession to 'a people' but Chapters 3 and 4 deal with the application of the uti possidetis principle in Latin America, Africa and Asia. This first comprehensive legal account asks how far self-determination is Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law. The basis upon which the post-secession international borders were accepted in international law The principle of uti possidetis in Asia and Africa. Cities and Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law.