This could reintegrate the Gibraltarian territory currently under British jurisdiction into the Kingdom of Spain. an internationalized territory incorporated into the Crowns of Spain and the UK. Specifically, this paper proposes a ‘City of the Two Crowns’ formula, i.e.
This paper thus proposes exploring new symbolic sovereignty formulas, such as a Principality in the Strait. The 2016 Spanish joint sovereignty proposal is probably not the right start for a solution. Indeed, Brexit could be an opportunity to discuss new, unorthodox solutions for the specific and unique case of Gibraltar. In the case of Gibraltar, these examples can help us explore imaginative formulas of a symbolic nature that would allow for the dissociation of sovereignty, territoriality and the exercise of state or sovereign functions. The contradictions or anomalies that these paradoxes express are reframed with the help of international law, but they also reflect a certain readjustment of the concepts or meanings of sovereignty and their exercise in the present. The paradoxes ‘State without Territory’, ‘Territory without Sovereignty’, ‘Territory without Borders’, and ‘Symbolic Sovereignty’ are referred. “We also express our hope for the Geneva International Discussion to resume as soon possible, in order to continue the constructive and result-oriented discussions aimed at achieving tangible results in this format.SOVEREIGNTY WITHOUT TERRITORY ? A SYMBOLIC SOVEREIGNTY PROPOSAL FOR GIBRALTAR- ABSTRACT- International Society gives rise to paradoxes in the relationship between some of the essential components of states: territory, sovereignty and borders. In light of the 96th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), co-facilitated by Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Rudolf Michalka, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, which took place in Ergneti on the 30th of July, the PA leaders also welcomed the participants’ commitment to resume the regular dialogue in the IPRM format. “We express our support for the EUMM as a critical tool for information exchange and following up on incidents that impact the communities”. The PA leaders also expressed deep concern that the EU Monitoring Mission, which remains the only international monitoring mechanism in Georgia since the closure of the relevant OSCE and UN missions, is continuously being denied access to the occupied regions. The PA leaders recalled the 2019 Luxemburg Declaration Resolution on the Security and Human Rights Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, And The Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia and urged the Russian Federation to uphold the fundamental norms and principles of international law and reverse its illegal decision on the recognition of the so-called independence of the occupied territories of Georgia. We once again underline the importance of reconciliation and confidence-building between the communities divided by war and the occupation line.” “We recognize the necessity of ending the Russian Federation’s occupation and peacefully restoring respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders.
#TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY FULL#
On the somber occasion of the 12th anniversary of the conflict erupted in August 2008, between Russian and Georgian forces, senior OSCE Parliamentary Assembly officials condemned the ongoing deterioration of the security, human rights and the humanitarian situation in the occupied territories of Georgia and reaffirmed its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders.Įxpressing deep concern that the aftermath of the conflict still affects health and lives of the conflict-affected population, in particular during the challenging time of the global COVID-19 pandemic, congressman Richard Hudson (United States), Costel Neculai Dunava (MP, Romania), and Laurynas Kasciunas (MP, Lithuania), the Chair, Vice-Chair and Rapporteur of the OSCE PA's General Committee on Political Affairs and Security, released the following statement:
0 kommentar(er)
