BOUNDARY DEMARCATION FOR A NEW STATE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Journal: The Journal of The University of Duhok
Year: 2019

Boundary demarcation is one of the most important aspects of creating new states in the course of international public law. This issue is dealt with through two main problematic areas: on one hand, the existence of uti possidetis due to the phenomenon of colonialism, regarded as the rule of law (jus cogens), which is still valid to the present, and which causes many conflicts (particularly depriving indigenous peoples of their original boundaries). On the other hand, there is no obvious legal ru