RUDN Journal of LawRUDN Journal of LawВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Юридические науки2313-23372408-9001Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)5871ArticlesСтатьиResearch ArticleThe law applicable to the declaration of independence of Kosovo: still a puzzling issueПраво, применимое к декларации независимости Косово: все еще сложный вопросPietrobonAПиетробонАлессандраThe Department of Political Science, Law and International StudiesДепартамент политических наук, права и международных исследованийrudn_mp@mail.ruUniversity of PadovaПадуанский университет150220152NO2 (2015)№2 (2015)203207092016Copyright ©; 2016, Legal ScienceCopyright ©; 2016, Юридические науки2016Legal ScienceЮридические наукиhttps://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/5871The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the declaration of independence of Kosovo has left some crucial questions open. The main steps of the Court’s reasoning are re-examined in the article, the most delicate issue being the relationship between international law and domestic law. In particular, the exclusion of the possibility for international law to produce effects at the individual level - that was determinant to the conclusion reached in the Advisory Opinion - is questionable.В статье приводится анализ консультативного заключения Международного Суда ООН о декларации независимости Косово, проведенный европейским ученым проф. Алессандрой Пиетробон. Автор указывает, что Международный Суд ООН в своем консультативном заключении оставил открытыми некоторые ключевые вопросы международного права. В статье рассматриваются основные этапы рассмотрения дела Судом с тем, чтобы ответить на непростой вопрос о взаимосвязи международного и внутригосударственного права в этом деле. В частности, А. 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