Comparative Analysis of Two Basic Principles of International Law - Territorial Integrity of State and Self-determination of Nations on Example of Kosovo and Abkhazia
Comparative Analysis of Two Basic Principles of International Law - Territorial Integrity of State and Self-determination of Nations on Example of Kosovo and Abkhazia Nika Chitadze. Ph.D. Director of the Center for International Studies President of the George C. Marshall Alumni Union, Georgia – International and Security Research Center Professor of the International Black Sea University Article was published at the Contemporary Law Journal. Volume 1. 2019. International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia Abstract The main goal of the research is to analyze in details and present the two basic principles of international law - the right to self-determination of nations and territorial integrity of the state on the example of the Kosovo and Abkhazia conflicts. In particular, a significant part of the paper is devoted to the legal assessment of the Kosovo and Abkhazian conflicts and revealing the main differences th