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Why do we even need to mention legality in the lede? Serbia went to the ICJ hoping to get the declaration declared illegal... and got the opposite result. It's difficult to understand how ""NPOV"" requires us to put in extra caveats to reflect a ""legal"" stance which contradicts the ICJ, the Serbian constitution, and Kosovo's own parliament. NPOV does not require us to bend over backwards to accommodate minority views which have no basis in reality.   "