Territorial Integrity
Territorial integrity or territorial intactness is a term from international law and describes the inviolability of the sovereign territory (territory) and the borders of sovereign states . The scope of the principle of territorial integrity is limited to relations between states.
Article 2 (4) of the United Nations Charter provides:
"All members refrain in their international relations from any threat or use of force directed against the territorial integrity or the political independence of a state or otherwise incompatible with the goals of the United Nations."
International environmental law
In contrast to the absolute principle of territorial sovereignty, which nonetheless continues to apply, territorial integrity in international environmental law implies that externally induced environmental influences also mean a violation of territorial integrity. The protection of the same thus entails a reduction in territorial sovereignty, since the states, taking into account the effects on others, are no longer completely free to do what they do on their territory. Considerable and attributable pollution, for example from rivers crossing several countries, can no longer be justified.
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Court of Justice : International Court of Justice, Year 2010, July 22, 2010: Accordance with International Law of the unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo - 2010, July 22. General List No. 141 ( Advisory Opinion ) , p. 3 ( Memento from July 23, 2010 on WebCite ) (PDF; 3.6 MB).