International Law, Recognition and the Recent Practice of States in the Cases of Kosovo, South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2016

This work will examine the recent state practice of recognition in the case of Kosovo, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Recognition despite its purely declara-tory role in nature has been instrumentalized to advance legitimacy quests by secessionist movements. The recognition acts and the secessionist movements have led to interpretations of international law in terms of secession, self-de-termination of peoples and the nature of recognition. Diverging interpretations of international law due to poli