Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in respect of Kosovo, Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010
Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in respect of Kosovo, Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 (2010)2010 · Court ruling · Case overview; operative conclusionEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0578 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Self-determination · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“In its 2010 advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice concluded that Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence did not violate international law, stating that it was not required to decide whether international law conferred a positive entitlement on Kosovo to declare independence.”
Evidence that supports
1Evidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
Context
Secession: The Morality of Political Divorce from Fort Sumter to Lithuania and Quebec
Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali), Judgment of 22 December 1986
Status history
No earlier revisions.
Disputes
No disputes have been filed.