SOURCE
"State Practice And International Law In Relation to unilateral Secession" by James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, 19 February 1997. Available online via the
Department of Justice, Canada
DEFINITION
Lists groups or areas that have mounted major unilateral
secession attempts in selected nations since 1945.
| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Azerbaijan |
Nagorny-Kharabakh |
| Belgium |
the Flemish |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Republika Srpska |
| Burma |
The Karen and Shan states |
| China |
Tibet |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Katanga |
| Cyprus |
Turkish Federated State of Cyprus |
| Denmark |
Faroes |
| France |
Corsica, the Bretons, the Alsatians |
| India |
East Punjab, Kashmir |
| Iraq |
Kurdistan |
| Italy |
South Tyrol, Padania |
| Nigeria |
Biafra |
| Papua New Guinea |
Bougainville |
| Russia |
Chechnya, Abkhazia, South Ossetia |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Kosovo |
| Somalia |
Somaliland |
| Spain |
the Basques, Catalonia |
| Sri Lanka |
Tamil Elam |
| Sudan |
South Sudan |
| Turkey |
Kurdistan |
| United Kingdom |
Scotland |
| Yemen |
Democratic Republic of Yemen |
DEFINITION: Lists groups or areas that have mounted major unilateral
secession attempts in selected nations since 1945.
SOURCE: "State Practice And International Law In Relation to unilateral Secession" by James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, 19 February 1997. Available online via the
Department of Justice, Canada
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