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State Succession in International Law: Rules and Legal Effects
State succession raises difficult questions about what happens when one State replaces another in responsibility for a territory. This article examines continuity, treaty obligations, property, State debts, nationality, organizational membership, and State responsibility under international law.
State Recognition in International Law: Rules, Theories and Legal Effect
State recognition in international law determines how States accept and legally treat contested claims to statehood. This article examines the criteria of statehood, recognition theories, legal effects, non-recognition, withdrawal, UN membership, and cases including Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan, and Northern Cyprus.
What Is International Criminal Law?
International Criminal Law governs individual criminal responsibility for crimes under international law. This article explains its sources, historical development, core crimes, modes of liability, ICC jurisdiction, immunities, national prosecutions, and the limits of international criminal justice.
Principle of Non-Intervention in International Law
The Principle of Non-Intervention in International Law protects States against coercive interference in matters they are legally entitled to decide freely. This article examines its customary basis, the coercion test, leading ICJ cases, economic pressure, elections, and cyber operations.
Exclusive Economic Zone Explained
The exclusive economic zone gives coastal states extensive rights over natural resources and specified activities without extending territorial sovereignty to 200 nautical miles. This article explains EEZ rights under UNCLOS, fisheries jurisdiction, navigation, offshore resources, islands, and maritime delimitation.
Law of the Sea Explained
The law of the sea regulates how states use, control, and share the oceans. This article explains UNCLOS, maritime zones, navigation rights, the exclusive economic zone, continental shelf, high seas, resource rights, and the settlement of maritime disputes.
What Is a Ceasefire? Meaning and Legal Effects Under International Law
A ceasefire suspends specified hostilities but does not necessarily end an armed conflict or create peace. This article explains how ceasefires are formed, what they regulate, how violations are assessed, and when they can support a political settlement.
What Is an Armed Attack in International Law?
An armed attack is more than an unlawful use of force. This article explains the Article 51 threshold, the ICJ’s scale-and-effects test, direct and indirect attacks, non-state actors, cyber operations, repeated incidents, and the legal consequences of classification.
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