Observing the Question of Secession in the Wake of Recent Events in Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Crimea

Sažetak

Events in Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and most recently Crimea have once again brought the controversial topics of self-determination and secession to the attention of the international community. Unfortunately, many issues that have riddled these two topics and which made them controversial in the first place, not the least of which is poor legal regulation, are still present to this day. This paper will consider the theory behind self-determination and secession and then focus on the recent cases that have pinpointed all the shortcomings, inconsistencies and illogicalities of these and related topics.