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09 Oct ‘No’ means ‘Yes’, or How to Interfere in the Internal Affairs of a State Without Agreement: Russian Federal Elections in Transnistria
...sovereign State recognises it. The territory occupied by the Transnistrian authorities is located within the internationally recognised borders of Moldova and falls under Moldovan jurisdiction. The Transnistrian authorities are largely supported by the Russian Federation, which maintains a military presence in the region. Moreover, this support was constantly reaffirmed by the European Court of Human Rights in its case-law concerning human rights violations in Transnistria, including by human rights non-governmental organisations. One could add here that the majority of the people living in the Transnistrian region of Moldova have the...04 Aug Tricky, Tricky, Transnistria
A report in favor of Transnistrian independence, supposedly written by a non-governmental organization, has been floating around. Take a look at what the Economist found....17 Sep Secession by Referendum?
Last month I wrote a series of posts, chained below, concerning the separatist conflict in Moldova. At issue is who should control Transnistria, a strip of land between the Dniestr River and the border of Ukraine. Transnistria contains Moldova’s key industrial infrastructure, power plants, and, importantly, a significant stockpile of Soviet-era arms. Since 1992, it has been under the effective control of a separatist regime that calls itself the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (“TMR”). I was part of a mission sent by the New York City Bar to assess the legal...27 Jul Lawyers, Guns, and Money: International Law and the Secessionist Conflict in Moldova
...Transnistrian separatists in their battles with the Moldovan government and since then it has been garrisoned—over the objections of the Moldovan government—in Transnistria. There are also the guns of an aging Soviet-era arms stockpile in Transnistria that Russia has not withdrawn or destroyed. These “guns” issues—along with other actions ranging from energy politics to trade embargoes to providing expert assistance to the separatists—relate to the broader question of whether Russia is improperly influencing the domestic politics in Moldova to the extent that it is violating international law. In other posts...02 Aug Assessing the Legal Issues of the Moldovan Separatist Conflict
Following up on my earlier posts on the separatist crisis in Moldova (see chain of links below), here is my summary of the legal issues that we considered in preparing the NY City Bar’s report on the on the Transnistrian conflict. While a blog post can’t go into great detail due to length, I hope this may at least set out the rough outline of the issues we considered. The report focuses on three main questions: (a) whether the so-called Transnistrian Moldovan Republic or “TMR” has a right under international...