Who Are the “Crimea People” or “People of Crimea”? The Fate of the Crimean Tatars, Russia’s Legal Justification for Annexation, and Pandora’s Box
Journal: T.M.C. Asser Press eBooks
Year: 2018

This chapter does not seek to add to the already voluminous literature on the legality of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. I agree with the many international organisations and scholars of international law who have insisted that the annexation was illegal in international law. I focus on the “Legal arguments for Russia’s position on Crimea and Ukraine” published by the Permanent Delegation of the Russian Federation to UNESCO on 7 November 2014. This official document asserted that there had been