Unresolved border disputes of the Republic of Serbia with neighboring countries : double standards for entering in to the European Union

Čolović, Vladimir (2024) Unresolved border disputes of the Republic of Serbia with neighboring countries : double standards for entering in to the European Union. In: Современное международное право: проблемы и вызовы : сборник трудов по итогам Международной научно-практической конференции (г. Самара, 17 ноября 2023 г.). Издательство Самарского университета, Самара, pp. 432-449. ISBN 978-5-7883-2061-8

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Abstract

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, between the former Yugoslav republics arose the problems concerning the delimitation of territory. Serbia, also, has territorial disputes with certain former republics of the SFR Yugoslavia. However, EU sets the Serbia Serbia the solution of those disputes as a condition for joining the EU. On the other hand, many EU countries have territorial disputes with other member states, as well as with third countries. In international law there is no general rule, according to which the retreating boundary between the states. The author deals with issues of particular territorial disputes in the EU and between the EU countries and countries of the Western Balkan. Practically, these disputes between EU countries have existed before, and have not been resolved to their joining the organization. Whether the EU can guarantee resolution of these disputes is one of the issues raised in the paper, given that many disputes are not settled in countries that are longer or shorter time-EU countries. The conclusion is that it can not, because there are no adequate tools for this so that all the leaves to the states in disputes.

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