CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE CLAIM: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Journal: Spanish Yearbook of International Law
Year: 2021

The article offers a systematic analysis of the independence claim of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia (hereinafter "Catalonia") from the standpoint of international law and includes a concise discussion of the key concepts of statehood, territorial integrity and recognition. It then examines the right of peoples to self-determination, which remains the crux of the matter, and defines its content in the colonial context and beyond it. It demonstrates that outside the colonial context and wi