Preferred term
UTI POSSIDETIS
Broader concept
Scope note
- A modern principle according to which a change in sovereignty over a territory, especially due to independence following decolonization, does not ipso facto alter that territory's administrative boundaries as established by colonial authorities out of respect for succession to legal title by the new sovereign.
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URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006838