Considerations on the International Reaction to the 1999 Kosovo Crisis

I. THE KOSOVO QUESTION : BETWEEN SELF-DETERMINATION AND MINORITY PROTECTION A. A QUESTION OF MINORITY ? 1. The Views of the Parties to the Conflict 2. Minority/People : Two Sides of the Same Coin ? B. INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS : NEITHER SELF-DETERMINATION, NOR MINORITY PROTECTION 1. The International Involvement in the Crisis 2. The International Response to the Crisis II. AUTONOMY, MINORITIES AND SECESSIONIST CONFLICTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW INTRODUCTION : THE SIGINIFICANCE OF AUTONOMOUS REGIMES FOR MINORIITES A. IS THERE A RIGHT TO AUTONOMY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ? 1. Autonomy as a Form of Self-Setermination ? 2. Autonomy as a Means to Ensure Minority Protection B. INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS TOWARDS SECESSIONIST CONFLICTS IN THE OSCE AREA 1. Autonomy as a Means to Resolve Secessionist Conflicts 2. An Obligation to Negotiate ? III. THE POLITICAL WAY OUT OF THE CONFLICT : NEITHER MERE AUTONOMY, NOR FULL INDEPENDENCE A. The Rambouillet Plan 1. Political Aspects 2. Implementation System : the International Military Presence B. Kosovo Under International Protection 1. The Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) 2. The Present Status of Kosovo : a New Form of ‘Internationalised Territory’ or the Path to Independence ?