Modern Self- determination: The right to external autonomy after the Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

Authors

  • Juan Manuel Indacochea Jauregui Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú

Abstract

In recent times, the international practice has provided new cases of mutually agreed secession, as well as violent ruptures. Although the unilateral secessions are not well received by the international community, they are possible and they have been favored by the Advisory Opinion on Kosovo.

Keywords:

Autonomy, Self-Determination, Democracy, Independence, Kosovo, Quebec

Author Biography

Juan Manuel Indacochea Jauregui, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú

Collaborator of the Magistrature of Peru in the Court of Justice of the Andean Community. Former internal consultant to the Bolivian Magistracy of the Andean Community Court of Justice. Master in International Law at the Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, Master in Intellectual Property Law at the CEIPI of the University of Strasbourg.