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Stefan Wolff A political scientist by background, Stefan Wolff is Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham, England, UK. He specialises in the management of contemporary security challenges, especially in the prevention and settlement of...

In the same way in which the ICJ Opinion is less than helpful in determining the legality of Kosovo’s independence, the debates on similar cases are equally unlikely to contribute much to the actual resolution of any ongoing secessionist conflicts.

While the ICJ’s opinion is not binding on any of the UN member states, there is a wide consensus that the Court’s ruling, like Kosovo’s declaration of independence itself, will have a significant impact on questions of ethnic conflict and self-determination far beyond Kosovo and the Western Balkans.