Secession, international responsibility and human rights

Abstract

This chapter deals with the potential activation of a State’s international responsibility during a sedition process. This is done from a general perspective and, more specifically, as regards the human rights violations arising thereof. To this end, the regime applicable to three different moments will be analysed: the initial stages of sedition; the situation of an entity undergoing sedition but which is not recognized by the parent State; and finally the scenario applicable to cases of secession which have been accepted