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United States Practice Relating to the Baltic States, 1940-2000

United States Practice Relating to the Baltic States, 1940-2000 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Baltic Independence 3. Soviet Annexation and United States Reaction 4. Non-recognition and the Cold War 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Formal Observance of Baltic Independence 4.3. The Baltic Legations 4.4. Restoration and United States Practice 5. United States Practice in the United Nations 6. Territorial Status and Individual Rights: Competing Agendas? 6.1. Introduction 6.2. 'Absolute' Non-Recognition 6.3. War Crimes and Non-Recognition 6.4. 'Qualified' Non-Recognition: Origins and Practice 6.5. Territorial Status in an Era of Human Rights 7. Independence Redux, Statehood Restored 8. Conclusions Annex 1. Introduction For the nearly three generations since their declarations of independence from Russia, the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have been a focus of concern of the government and people of the United States of America. The practice of the United States in international law has long been sensitive to the region and to the concerns of the Baltic States in particular. In reply to the forcible incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the USSR, the United States adopted a position supporting the Baltic claim to statehood—that is to say, the United States continued to recognise the three as independent juridical actors and declined to recognise the Soviet http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Baltic Yearbook of International Law Online Brill

United States Practice Relating to the Baltic States, 1940-2000

Baltic Yearbook of International Law Online , Volume 1 (1): 88 – Jan 1, 2001
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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Baltic Independence 3. Soviet Annexation and United States Reaction 4. Non-recognition and the Cold War 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Formal Observance of Baltic Independence 4.3. The Baltic Legations 4.4. Restoration and United States Practice 5. United States Practice in the United Nations 6. Territorial Status and Individual Rights: Competing Agendas? 6.1. Introduction 6.2. 'Absolute' Non-Recognition 6.3. War Crimes and Non-Recognition 6.4. 'Qualified' Non-Recognition: Origins and Practice 6.5. Territorial Status in an Era of Human Rights 7. Independence Redux, Statehood Restored 8. Conclusions Annex 1. Introduction For the nearly three generations since their declarations of independence from Russia, the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have been a focus of concern of the government and people of the United States of America. The practice of the United States in international law has long been sensitive to the region and to the concerns of the Baltic States in particular. In reply to the forcible incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the USSR, the United States adopted a position supporting the Baltic claim to statehood—that is to say, the United States continued to recognise the three as independent juridical actors and declined to recognise the Soviet

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Published: Jan 1, 2001

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