Internationaal Recht (Week 1): Name the ways a state can acquire new territory.

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Name the ways a state can acquire new territory.

Bas Dubbelman · Accepted Answer

The different ways:
1. Cession (Europe --> Africa)
2. Accretion ((natural forces/man made forces, create new territories)
3. Occupation (terra nullius, European explorers)
4. Prescription (must be peaceful, state gains territory of leaving sovereign state)

Internationaal Recht (Week 1)

Name the ways a state can acquire new territory.

The different ways: 1. Cession (Europe --> Africa) 2. Accretion ((natural forces/man made forces, create new territories) 3. Occupation (terra nullius, European explorers) 4. Prescription (must be peaceful, state gains territory of leaving sovereign state)

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