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notleadtoaconclusionthatthisterritoryhadeffectively
seceded.Onthecontrary,Moldovawasdeemedtohave
anongoingcapacitytoimpactuponthestateofhuman
rightsinTransnistria.Thoughthecircumstancesinwhich
therelevantjudgmentwasdeliveredwerespecific,itishard
toneglectit.Theargumentationwasrepeated
inthejudgmentin
CatanandOthersv.Moldovaand
Russia
.16Likewise,theCourtadjudicatedonjurisdictional
issuesinthecontextofastate’sresponsibilityinthecase
Assanidzev.Georgia.
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3.Doestherighttoself-determinationjustify
therighttosecession?18
Self-determinationintheinternaldimensionrefers
consequentlytothewholepopulationofagivenstate(or
inhabitantsofaspecificterritory),andnotonlytoaminority.
Itsscopeisnotdeterminedprecisely(notactually
anexceptionalsituationininternationallaw,especially
inreferencetoquestionswhichoverlapwithpolitics).The
greatertheimportanceandscopeof“internal”self-
determination,thegreaterthechancesthatthetemptation
tosecedeandcreatinganownstatewillgrow.This
isparticularlyvisibleinthecontextoftheprotection
ofminorities.Minorities(atleastthosewhichareprotected
underinternationallawseeArt.27oftheCivicandPolitical
RightsCovenantof16December1966)strivetoincrease
theirentitlements,tothepointwherethisthreatens
theterritorialintegrityofastateandleadstoinevitable
conflictbetweentherighttoself-determinationand
theprincipleofterritorialintegrityofastate.Attempts
toreconciletheseprinciplesnotwithstanding,theywould
seemtobeincontradictionwitheachother.Itdoesnottake
aclairvoyanttodeterminethat,ifstatesarestilltheprimary
subjectsofinternationallaw,theprotectionoftheirterritory
willprevailovertherighttoself-determination.
Thesignificanceoftheprincipleofterritorialintegrity
asafundamentalprincipleofinternationallawisthus
beyonddispute.Inthiscontext,itissomewhatsurprising
thattheconflictbetweenthisprincipleandtherighttoself-
determinationhasonlyactuallyfoundreflection