• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s interesting you would make this point, since there is no right to for a given state to exist in international law. There’s a right to self determination. But that is not the same thing.

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        It’s interesting you would make this point, since there is no right to for a given state to exist in international law. There’s a right to self determination. But that is not the same thing.

        Considering it is International law that grants the states existence in the first place, I would say that is a moot point.

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          That’s just not true. State exists or they don’t de facto. Self determination applies to people, not states. States have a right to territorial integrity, aka not getting attacked, but that’s it.

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            A right to territorial integrity and to not be attacked is literally the right to exist.

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                The simple fact that under international law a state has a right to territorial integrity and safety from aggressive actions means that a state has a right to exist within their borders under international law.

                You are free to elaborate at any time on your point of view.

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                  If that were the case then a state formed after conquest would be legitimate. But it clearly isn’t.

                  Feel free to refer to Francesca Albanese, lawyer and scholar of internal law and current UN rapporteur for more question. I have no doubt that she is just vaguely more competent (and clearly more morally correct) than you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlbFSpNASO4

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                    You should try forming a point of view of your own before attempting conversation in a very nuanced subject.

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      That’s circular logic, though. International Law is just a set of agreements between sovereign powers. It doesn’t spring from seafoam, fully formed. What gives any nation a “right” to exist?

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        International Law is just a set of agreements between sovereign powers

        And? What’s circular about it? Nations arise from self organizing societies, and these nations come together to define international laws. And then they define the right of self affirmation, and if the main powers recognize a state it is assigned the right to exist. And if the core powers of this world decide that a country does not matter, they’ll look the other way as those rights are bombed. It’s an emergent property of international politics.

        It doesn’t spring from seafoam, fully formed.

        No rights do, so I don’t understand where you’re going with this.

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        It’s just self determination

        But international law is more like “is recognized”, if no one recognizes your claim then there isn’t much you can do

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        It isn’t circular logic because international law is what gives a country a right to exist. It isn’t any more complicated than that for the sake of this conversation.