The Secession of Crimea: Where Does International Law Stand?
Journal: Nordic Journal of International Law
Year: 2016

There is more legal complexity to the secession of Crimea than meets the eye upon the first encounter with the 2014–2015 crisis of Ukraine. The secession of Crimea calls into question the traditional configuration of the right to self-determination. The question of Crimea is compounded when, in discerning the legality of some of the key issues linked to it, one must pay regard to the standards of both international law and national law. In other words, a constructive analysis of the secession of