Russia's Recognition of the Independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Nikoloz Samkharadze

      ibidem-Press, Stuttgart

List of Acronyms

      AKP Justice and Development Party (Turkey)

      AR Autonomous Republic

      ASSR Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

      BTC Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline

      CENTO The Central Treaty Organisation

      CFE Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

      CIS Commonwealth of Independent States

      CoE Council of Europe

      CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union

      CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

      CST Collective Security Treaty

      DRG Democratic Republic of Georgia

      EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

      EC European Communities

      ECHR European Court of Human Rights

      EU European Union

      FLN National Liberation Front of Algeria

      FRG Federal Republic of Germany

      GA General Assembly

      GDP Gross Domestic Product

      GDR German Democratic Republic

      GPRA Provisional Government of Algerian Republic

      GSSR Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

      GU(U)AM Georgia, Ukraine, (Uzbekistan), Azerbaijan, Moldova

      ICJ International Court of Justice

      IIFFMCG The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia

      JCC Joint Control Commission

      KGB Committee of State Security of the Soviet Union

      KLA Kosovo Liberation Army

      MAP Membership Action Plan

      MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      NATO Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation

      NKR Nagorno Karabakh Republic

      OAU Organisation for African Unity

      OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

      PACE Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

      PD Prisoner’s Dilemma

      PISG Provisional Institution of Self-Government in Kosovo

      PPP Pakistan People’s Party

      PRC People’s Republic of China

      RF Russian Federation

      RSFSR Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic

      RSK Republic of Srpska Krajina

      SC Supreme Council

      SEATO South East Asian Treaty Organisation

      SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

      SSR Soviet Socialist Republic

      TMR Transnistrian Moldovan Republic

      TRNC Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

      UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

      UN United Nations

      UNFICYP UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

      UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

      UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia

      UNSC United Nations Security Council

      UNSG United Nations Secretary-General

      UNSIMIC United Nations Settlement Implementation Mission in Cyprus

      UNTAET United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

      USA United States of America

      USD United States Dollar

      USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

      WW World War

      Contents

       List of Acronyms

       Foreword

       1. Introduction

       2. Self-Determination, Secession and Recognition in International Law

       2.1. Introduction

       2.2. The Principle of Self-Determination in International Law

       2.2.1. Sources of International Law

       2.2.2. Historical Background

       2.2.3. Self-determination in International Law

       2.2.4. Court Decisions

       2.2.5. Historical Title vs. Self-Determination

       2.2.6. International Practice

       2.2.7. Conclusion

       2.3. Secession in International Law

       2.3.1. What is Secession?

       2.3.2. Secession in International Law

       2.3.3. Remedial Secession

       2.3.4. Secession in Violation of International Law

       2.3.5. Court Opinions

       2.3.6. International Practice

       2.3.7. Conclusion

       2.4. Recognition in International Law

       2.4.1. What is Recognition?

       2.4.2. Evolution of Recognition

       2.4.3. Theories of Recognition

       2.4.4. Criteria of Statehood

       2.4.5.