Abstract
Foreign cyber interference in electoral processes is on the rise. While this phenomenon in is not new, cyber interference in particular has gained a considerable international attention, especially with the surge of allegations on a Russian interference in the 2016 United States (US) elections. However, the unanimous political condemnation of foreign interference in elections was not paralleled with a unanimous agreement on their legality under international law or lack of. This chapter analyzes the legality of remote cyber interference in foreign elections focusing on three central principles of international law: State sovereignty, the principle of non-intervention and the right to self-determination of peoples.
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