TY - JOUR
AU - Martin, Susan F.
AB -  emphasized that the Kosovo-Albanians could claim a right to self-determination. The book concludes with a chapter on the question of a right to secession of the Kosovo-Albanians. The author argues that according to the traditional view, such a right exists only in situations in which there is a pattern of serious and systematic human rights violations. In the case of the Kosovo-Albanians this requirement is easily fulfilled. History suggests that other criteria may have been decisive for the European States in recognizing the statehood of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to the author it appears that inter alia the fact that both States formerly enjoyed the status of a Republic of the Former Yugoslavia was decisive. Should the European States insist on this criteria, there will never be an independent State for the Kosovo-Albanians since the Yugoslav Constitution does not recognize the status of Republic to Kosovo. Although published after the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia, the manuscript was completed before the attempt to find a solution at Rambouillet and the outbreak of the hostilities. However, even without these last twists in the most recent history of Kosovo the book is enlightening. It is especially valuable for those who want 
TI - A Well‐Founded Fear: The Congressional Battle to Save Political Asylum in the America
JO - International Journal of Refugee Law
DO - 10.1093/ijrl/12.3.515
DA - 2000-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/a-well-founded-fear-the-congressional-battle-to-save-political-asylum-ClfG5Ng28d
SP - 515
EP - 517
VL - 12
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -