Competing continuities: What role for the presumption of continuity in the claim to continued statehood of small island states?

• Published in: Melbourne journal of international law Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 357 - 382
• Main Author: Michel Rouleau-Dick
• Format: Journal Article
• Published: 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Boundaries; Climatic changes; International law; Nation-state; Self-determination, National

While statehood is a central concept of international law, an unambiguous definition of it has so far remained elusive. The unprecedented situation of small island nations threatened by the rise in sea levels has created a novel angle of approach to statehood by challenging the necessity of a territ...