Matthew
pre 16 godina
“Seems like it has to be made abundantly clear that the rules of an independent country need to be respected. (C, 27 March 2008 17:24)”
C,
I absolutely agree with you.
However, I’m having a great deal of difficultly understanding the whole independence process here, maybe you can help me. Only a handful of countries have recognized Kosovo as independent. The UN has not. No major international organizations have.
Even the EU did not have the political will power to recognize Kosovo, only to reach a consensus that recognition is up to the individual states.
So what does that mean and how should that be defined in legal terms? How does it work?
You seem to be claiming that those who do not choose to recognize Kosovo as independent must still recognize and treat it as such. If so, then why wouldn’t the EU as a whole recognize Kosovo then? Why did not the UN vote on it? Do you not believe in democracy? Or do you only believe in democracy for rich western countries? Should the voices and needs of poorer less developed countries be ignored? I personally believe in Global Democracy and not for only those of us blessed enough to be born in a prosperous “modern” country.
Instead the EU choose to accept and expect that different countries could have different standards and different relations with Kosovo, its entirely up to each individual country to recognize Kosovo, if Kosovo is not “independent” by a particular countries standards, then it can not be bound by the rules of a country that does not exist legally in their judicial system, its impossible. That was the consensus reached by the EU as a whole and thus should be respected. Even the US Supreme Court recently affirmed that the laws of individual states are above international law and treaties, and thus it is not legally bound by such things as specifically the Geneva Convention (Duty to inform local embassy of arrest of one of their nationals). If US and EU law and agreements both support Serbia’s stand that it does not need abide by or respect the laws of the Kosovar government, how do you support a completely contradictory stance?
Seriously, what did you expect to happen going for independence this way?
Look, I deeply respect some of the Albanians here and I’m extremely sorry for the abuses they and their loved ones suffered. I’ve always supported a peaceful partition founded on a mutually agreed upon compromise. I’d even consider Presevo in exchange for some type of concessions towards our Historic sites which we consider to be the very cradle and foundation of our civilization.
Of course we are not going to recognize your government in the North, that clearly will always stay in Serbia, just as Serbia really could not control the Albanian parts. There’s just no way to force a population (either Albanian or Serbian) who have suffered some very horrible things under one another to live under the rule of the other without their consent. That much is obvious.
This will continue. Medical supplies should not be the topic of such obviously political disagreements. The ICJ needs to immediately rule on whether this is a war crime or a human right’s violation.
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