title: Crimea Responsibility to Protect and Self-Determination under Article 2 of the UN Charter
abstract: The annexation of the Crimean Peninsula has sparked the debate on state sovereignty in the context of international law. This research aims to establish the legal consequences of Russia’s annexation and the global communities' measures. The study also discusses Kosovo's independence and whether it can be used to solve the crisis in Crimea. International law has outlined some of the rules that are meant to govern the relationship between states. Russia is a signatory to the Budapest Memorandum on
journal: Proceedings of The Global Conference on Social Sciences