How to End the Territorial Conflicts in Georgia: An International Law Based Mediation Proposal for Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Journal: Groningen Journal of International Law
Year: 2024

In this article, I present a proposal for an international law-based formula to mediate territorial conflicts, and apply it to the separatist cases in Georgia. While the situation there is notably more stable than in some other post-Soviet conflicts (i.e., Russia and Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan), it is important to note that these ‘frozen conflicts’ can become quickly unfrozen and heat up in violent aggression. Thus, while a ceasefire between the conflicting parties has held for 14 years, th