The Intégrité Territorial E already constitutes a principle of international law in place in the Greek Antiquité. It evokes the right and inalienable duty of a sovereign State to preserve its Frontière S of any external influence. It is a characteristic of the Nation, providing him the sufficient pretext to the maintenance of a Armée to ensure defense of it: its violation constitutes a casus belli.

The democracies affix this term in the constitutional declarations. The separatism of a dissenting zone is seen like an attack with the territorial integrity by the sovereign power. To be guaranteeing territorial integrity between thus in the responsibilities for the Head of the State.

The territorial integrity of a State-nation and the Autodétermination of people are opposed in terms of right: the era of the Décolonisation was marked by this opposition.

Because of this principle, the international law regards the separatist secession as field of the internal rights of the State concerned.

Geography of the tensions and disputes of territorial integrity

Americas

Argentinian

Following the economic crisis in Argentina, the repurchase of the Patagonie by the the United States was evoked.

Canada

Since the Years 1960, part of the population of the Quebec (one of the ten provinces of the country) claims its independence. Since, the accession with the capacity of a party Souverainisme in 1976 in the province (the Left Québécois), two referendums took place to try to carry out the separation of the Quebec of the Canada.

See also: Movement Québécois souverainist

Cuba

The bay of Guantánamo is considered illegally occupied by the the United States for the cuban government.

Mexico

Since the mountains of Mexican South-east, a Zapatist singular in balaclava regularly addresses official statements since 1994 and the Révolte of Chiapas. He speaks about the condition of Chiapanèques. Since, the communities are managed there in an autonomous way.

Europe

The Organization for safety and the co-operation in Europe is in load of the field.

Spain

It is in the name of territorial integrity of country that debate concerning statute of communities autonomous of Basque Country and of Catalonia, involved by their representations respective (and their populations which does not see like a Spanish National minority), reached during year 2005 of the tops; the commander of the Spanish army pointed out the constitutional article by which this prerogative falls on to him, if the texts discussed at the Spanish National Assembly would pass.

France

  • the nationalists Corsica S assert the independence of the island regularly, with for certain extremists the recourse to terrorist acts.

  • the members of the ETA are also active in France, where part of the Basque Country is from which they assert independence.
  • the Breton freedom fighters are about inactive today.

Middle-East

Israel - Palestine

A conflict hard since the Second world war between the authority palestienne and the State of Israel, which occupies several of the territories asserted by Palestinian. Previously place had the six day old war and the regulation on the restitution of the the Sinai: See resolution 242 (1967) .

See '' israélo-Palestinian frontier relations ''

Asia

Indonesia

The Eastern Timor made secession in 1999 and acquired its independence in 2002.

Pakistan

(Asia of South-west) - the Guerre against terrorism leads in the frontier tribal zones to a guerilla supplied with a separatist declaration local leaders with the Waziristan, who until September 2006 had proclaimed a unilaterally.

Popular republic of China

  • the independence of the Tibet is asserted by the current Dalai Lama and a number important governmental organizations. Only a statute of autonomous region was granted to the area.
  • Taiwan (Republic of China) has a statute of independence de facto since the withdrawal of Guomindang in 1949. However, the majority of the States recognize the territorial integrity Taiwan including , in spite of the victory of the freedom fighters in Taiwan, and being given the increasing geopolitical importance of the RPC.

Territorial claims during the decolonization

Algeria

  • François Mitterrand pointed out Algeria, it is France , following the territorial claims of the Algerian souverainists.

Vietnam

Following the French demolished of Diên Biên Phu in 1954, the Vietnam acquired her territorial sovereignty.

See too

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