Talks about Russias Unilateral Referendum Dealing with International Law and The Hague

March 24th 2 !2" #$ b%$ &ournalist" 'rin (embroke )s of recent" (utin has decided he wants to ac*uire and anne+ ,rimea to RussiaHe claims it is to .rotect Russian ethnicit% and that the land was under Russian so/ereignt% until !014" when it was gi/en to Ukraine as a .olite gesture- 2ot onl% is Russias ac*uisition of the land unilateral" des.ite that some citi3ens of ,rimea want to become .art of Russias territor%" while some do not" the anne+ation defies the Ukrainian constitution for succession of land- Meanwhile" the forceful control of ,rimea using the .ositioning of militia to affirm Russias decision and its con*uest of ,rimea has torn 'astern 'uro.e with the 4est and with )mericaRussias con*uering of ,rimea ma% be deemed as an illegal mo/e through international law because in the Ukrainian ,onstitution" )rticle 56" state that changes to the territor% of Ukraine can onl% be made and resol/ed b% the )ll7Ukrainian referendum'rgo" the anne+ation of ,rimea was not decided u.on nor made b% the Ukrainian go/ernment and is thus" considered an illegal mo/e and in /iolation of not onl% Ukrainian law" but of international lawIn su..ort of Ukraine and its law" the 2ational 8ecurit% ,ouncil met u. at The Hague on Monda%" for the 2uclear 8ecurit% summit" howe/er" it ended u. discussing Russias unilateral ac*uisition of ,rimea which defied the United 2ations and forced the council to not onl% e+clude or kick Russia off the 9rou. of # industriali3ed democracies" but to come u. with an International declaration or agreement called" The Hague DeclarationThe Hague Declaration states that ac*uisition of either .art of or all of another territor% or countr% through coercion is not recogni3ed and .rohibited b% International law- )s e/identiar% su..ort" this .ortion of The Hague Declaration coincides with )rticle 2" 8ection 4 of the U2 ,harter that also states the same conce.t in International law about .rohibiting a state or territor% from :the use of force; against another state or territor%" which is not consistent with the .ractices of the United 2ations- In addition" the declaration also states that the International Monetar% <unds main role in this is to .ro/ide economic relief to Ukraine in order to lessen Ukraines economic /ulnerabilities through its reform8ome .eo.le belie/e argue that Russia did not /iolate international law because" in the .ast" e/er% known countr% in histor% has done this in the .ast and is .art of histor% and the wa% the world works while others such as the 9rou. of 5 and the 8ecretar%7 9eneral of the United 2ations" =an >i7moon deem the anne+ation of ,rimea to Russia as illegal through coercion and b% not going through the .ro.er channels of succession of a territor% through the Ukraine- )s the debate of whether or not the ac*uisition of ,rimea to Russia is illegal continues" more information and news will unfold the e/ents to come-