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Visiting Professor, Pristina University (Kosovo) & Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson (San Diego).
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.............Kosovo as Precedent for Secession
of South Ossetia & Abkhazia? ...........................Kiev Institute of International Relations ......................................Kiev Taras Shevchenko University ........................................Kiev, Ukraine: October 14, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...........................Comparative Legitimacy of Kosovo v. ...........................South Ossetia & Abkhazia Secessions ......................................American Center (USAID) ...............................Saint Petersburg, Russia: July 2, 2009 ..General Assembly Request for Opinion on Kosovo Independence and .Georgia's suit v. Russia: Convention Elimination All Forms Racial Discrim. |
I......International Law Introduction II....What Do We Know That is Not Disputed? III...A World of "Spin" IV...Legal Analysis of the Legitimacy of Secession V... Is Kosovo Unique or Precedent for .......South Ossetian & Abkhazian Independence? VI...Lingering Questions: Polking Holes .......in the Law of Secession |
Intro: Omen
& Presenter's Op-eds: Making an independent Kosovo a reality (2008) &.The effort to rebuild Kosovo is failing (2004)
Historical
Chronology:
1389 Battle of Kosovo / 1455-1912 (Ottoman) / 1878 Treaty Berlin
(boundaries)
.........1919 Versailles Treaty (boundaries again) /
1929 "Yugoslavia"
/ 1941 German invasion / 1945 Tito's
Federation
.........1985
Albanian parallel systems
& Serbian
response) / Brief Yugoslavia History (BBC)
& Learned Treatise (Wikipedia)
.........1991
Uprising National shrine & Nationalism
NATO 1999 Bombing:
.........US:Campbell
v. Clinton, 203 F.3d 19 (Court Appeals, Wash., D.C., Feb.
18, 2000) [War Powers Act].
.........Int'l
legal views: Not UN reso--humanitarian
intervention / Local
& international analyses--Jurist Web
..... ...Actual bombing: City "smart
bombing" / Rural bridges-click here./
Tank tunnels-click here./
Minefields-click here
..... ............................Reaction to US bombing country: Pristina
/ "Memorial".Gilan
.........Airport: Clark-Jackson confrontation re Russians
.........ICTY: . NATO's Uranium-tipped
munitions
UNSC
Reso. 1244
Kosovo's Constitution
(1999) & Implementing Framework (2001)
.........."10-10-120"
-> 10
Serbian, 10 U.N.-selected (other minorities), 100 local population
(Albanian)
.........Freedom of Expression: Neo-colonialism?.& Artistic
Expression (FUND)
Mar. 17, 2004: Two steps
back
November
2005: Contact Group
(France, Germany, Italy, Russia, UK & US)
....................................Guiding Principles for a settlement of the Status
of Kosovo
March 2007: UNOSEK (United Nations Special Envoy for Kosovo
Atasari)
....................................Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement
Feb.
17, 2008: Declaration Independence & E.U. on Kosovo (Feb. 18, 2008) & Kosovo Constitution (June 15, 2008)
...........................Recognition
by other States (listed)
March 6, 2008: Golden Opportunity
| 4 Pillars:.* Military-Police 4 forces = 40-1 | Parallel Institutions | Related/Similar Institutions |
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UNMIK.SRSG / CivPol* |
Kosovo Police Service KPS* | |
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KFOR*.Prizren./ Peja./ Pristina .....................Mitovica./.Op-eds. |
Kosovo Protection Corps TMK* | US Military |
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OSCE |
KLC | NGOs |
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EU |
Economics: Size / Population / Unemployment / EU & Donor Economics / Import-export
ratio Infrastructure:
Problems / Solutions
Pollution: Issues KSU: Program / Facilities / Class
/ More "Class" /
Commemoration
/ ATA Staff / Mixed Class 2006 People: Favorite pair Culture: click here Religion: click here Dress: click here. Geopolitics: 51st State v.
Independence v. Autnonomy (> Tito than UN) Fun Pix: click here Provincial Capitol: at night
