Prolonged occupation or de facto annexation: rethinking the legal regime beyond temporariness
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2026
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Семенова, Аліна
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The general purpose of the present analysis is threefold: (I) to identify the doctrinal and structural deficiencies of the existing legal framework in addressing prolonged occupation that has acquired the characteristics of de facto annexation; (II) to articulate a theoretical framework for the legal qualification of such situations and (III) to examine the legal consequences that flow from such qualification, particularly the obligations of non-recognition, non-assistance and cooperation incumbent upon third states.
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belligerent occupation, prolonged occupation, de facto annexation, prohibition of the use of force, territorial integrity, state responsibility, Ukrainian territory, master's thesis