INTERNATIONAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
ACCORDANCE
WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN RESPECT OF KOSOVO
22 July, 2010
Jurisdiction of the Court to give the advisory opinion requested.
Article 65, paragraph 1, of the Statute - Article 96, paragraph 1, of the Charter - Power
of General Assembly to request advisory opinions - Articles 10 and 11 of the Charter -
Contention that General Assembly acted outside its powers under the Charter - Article 12,
paragraph 1, of the Charter - Authorization to request...
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KOSOVO AT THE CROSSROADS: IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
RULING
Janusz Bugajski
22 July, 2010
Q1: What impact will the advisory opinion of the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) regarding Kosovo's declaration of independence have on the country's
international standing?
A1: The ICJ's advisory opinion that Kosovo's declaration of independence in February 2008
did not violate international law has been acclaimed in Kosovo and criticized by Serbia...
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SETTLING
THE BALKANS
by Morton Abramowitz and James Hooper
08 July 2010
The curtain is about to rise on the next act of Balkan diplomacy: the
fallout from the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the
legality of Kosovo's independence in 2008, expected to be announced later this summer. The
resort to the ICJ was a shrewd diplomatic stroke by Belgrade, buying over two years for
Serbia to slow international momentum toward recognition of Kosovo and put the...
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REPORT ON THE EXCURSION OF CITIZENS FROM THE SERBIAN COMMUNITY FROM
THE MUNICIPALITY OF NOVO BRDO ON JANUARY 17th 2010 TO PRISTINA, ZOCISTE, VELIKA HOCA AND
PRIZREN
17 January 2010
In the organization of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in
Serbia, on January 17th 2010, 51 citizens of Serbian nationality from the villages of
Prekovac, Izvor, Zebince, Svracka, Monisince and Cuka, belonging to the newly extended
municipality of Novo Brdo, visited Pristina, Zociste and Velika Hoca in the municipality
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