Content deleted Content added
Evrythging to nothing Tags: references removed Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Undid revision 948789775 by 172.195.107.91 (talk) |
||
Line 3:
<!--some current states have no first recognition-->
A '''declaration of independence''' or '''declaration of statehood''' is an assertion by a defined territory that it is [[independence|independent]] and constitutes a [[Sovereign state|state]]. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the [[Wiktionary: Territory|territory]] of another state or failed state, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state. In the year 2010 AD, the UN's [[International Court of Justice]] ruled in [[International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence|an advisory opinion in Kosovo]] that "International law contains no prohibition on declarations of independence",<ref name="International Court of Justice">{{cite web |url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/141/15987.pdf |title=Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo |publisher=Icj-cij.org |accessdate=2014-02-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821055950/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/141/15987.pdf |archivedate=2010-08-21 }}</ref> though the state from which the territory wishes to secede may regard the declaration as [[rebellion]], which may lead to a [[war of independence]] or a constitutional settlement to resolve the crisis.
==List of declarations of independence==
| |||