Beschreibung
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: 78, University of Birmingham (Department of Political Science and International Studies), course: Law, Politics and the International System, language: English, abstract: This essay seeks to answer the question when and how annexation can be justified under international law. It starts outlining competing normative theories on secession and annexation. Afterwards, it examines the contemporary state of international law and state-practice on annexation. Finally, under consideration of these theoretical inquiries, the essay analyses the secession and Russia's subsequent annexation of Crimea. It comes to the conclusion that although secession and subsequent annexation can theoretically be justified under international law, this was for several reasons not the case with Crimea.
