Video | The Prohibition of Annexations in Modern International Law

About this talk

The international legal norm that prohibits forcible annexations of territory is foundational to modern international law. The prohibition of annexations functions to settle sovereign title to territory, to promote peoples' right to self-determination, and to regulate the use of force.

Despite its importance to these three core projects in international law, its history, its content, and its current legal status are widely misunderstood. This lecture explains the origins of the prohibition, focusing on the overlooked role of the global South, as well as its modern scope and significance in the changing global order through examples that include Ukraine, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Golan Heights, and Western Sahara.

Chair

• Dr Danae Azaria - Associate Professor of Public International Law 

Speakers

• Ingrid Brunk - Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law, Vanderbilt University
• Monica Hakimi - William S. Beinecke Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

About the speakers

Ingrid Brunk and Monica Hakimi are the co-Editors-in-Chief of the American Journal of International Law. Brunk is also the Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law at Vanderbilt Law School, and Hakimi, the William S. Beinecke Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.

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