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Kosovo’s independence is legal

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:14:41 +0000

Following up a complaint from Serbia, he U.N. General Assembly requested taht the International Court of Justice (ICJ) -on October 2008- should clarify the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence, which took place on the 17 th February 2008. After considering written statements from 36 U.N. member states, including Serbia, USA, France, Spain, etc., [...]

Kosovo force states to show their arguments on international recognition

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:17:53 +0000

When wondering about the international recognition of an eventual independent state of Catalonia after a democràtic and peaceful process, it is always interesting to try to identify those countries which are likely to swiftly recognize the new state and those who will be more reluctant.

In this sense, the arguments presented by [...]

“Mission accomplished? Not at all, Spain”

Juncà Lluís — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:01:01 +0000

“Not at all” was the answer of US state department spokesman Robert Wood when asked whether the United States shared Spain’s view that the mission in Kosovo is over. Last week, Carme Chacón visited Spanish troops in Kosovo to announce that “the mission has been completed and it is time to return home“, [...]