La Declaración Unilateral de Independencia del Parlamento de Cataluña en relación con la Declaración Unilateral de Independencia de Kosovo: una perspectiva no solo constitucional

Abstract

The Unilateral Declaration of Independence took place in Catalonia on October 27, 2017 and had legal and political consequences that are still being resolved. In this paper, it will be discussed its similarities and differences with the UDI carried out by Kosovo and its effects on the international community. It could be said that the International Court of Justice in its Advisory Opinion does not prohibit the Kosovo UDI and its has been used by Catalan independence nationalism as a valid argument to reinforce its idea of secession, which they transform into a unilateral secession derived from the right of self-determination. In the following pages, the implications of this argument will be outlined, as well as the different relationships established in the case between constitutional law and international law