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<p>Illegal decisions and actions do not give rise to legal consequences. An annexed territory cannot receive the status of a part of an aggressor state. The question of a territorial dispute does not arise in this case. It is correct to talk about a unilateral unreasonable claim. Territory, as an integral part of the concept of state, as a criterion of statehood, has acquired special significance in the modern conditions. It is not only a natural resource (land, water, subsoil) and a space for the placement of technologies and hazardous waste. It may be considered as a line of protection. States may lay claim to one or another part of the territory of a neighboring state. The methods of territorial acquisitions of the past do not comply with the norms of modern international law.</p>
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Illegal decisions and actions do not give rise to legal consequences. An annexed territory cannot receive the status of a part of an aggressor state. The question of a territorial dispute does not arise in this case. It is correct to talk about a unilateral unreasonable claim. Territory, as an integral part of the concept of state, as a criterion of statehood, has acquired special significance in the modern conditions. It is not only a natural resource (land, water, subsoil) and a space for the placement of technologies and hazardous waste. It may be considered as a line of protection. States may lay claim to one or another part of the territory of a neighboring state. The methods of territorial acquisitions of the past do not comply with the norms of modern international law.

Title to Territory in Europe in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian Armed Conflict: Methods, Illegal Claims and Legal Assessments

European Studies

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Illegal decisions and actions do not give rise to legal consequences. An annexed territory cannot receive the status of a part of an aggressor state. The...

Title to Territory in Europe in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian Armed Conflict: Methods, Illegal Claims and Legal Assessments

Published Online: Feb 21, 2024

Page range: 133 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2023-0006

Keywords
title to territory, territorial integrity, continuity of states, state-hood, annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, International Court of Justice on territorial disputes, methods of territorial acquisition

© 2023 Valerii Kononenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Title to Territory in Europe in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian Armed Conflict: Methods, Illegal Claims and Legal Assessments

Published Online: Feb 21, 2024

Page range: 133 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2023-0006

Keywordstitle to territory, territorial integrity, continuity of states, state-hood, annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, International Court of Justice on territorial disputes, methods of territorial acquisition

© 2023 Valerii Kononenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
title to territory, territorial integrity, continuity of states, state-hood, annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, International Court of Justice on territorial disputes, methods of territorial acquisition