The 11 former members nations that supported the transfer of the seat to Russia also declared that " with the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist . " The poorly defined rules on state succession make the legal situation murky.
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According to Akram although the status of Palestinian nationals / citizens after the creation of the State of Israel has been much debated, established principles of state succession, human rights and humanitarian law confirm that the denationalization of Palestinians was illegal and that they retain the right to return to their places of origin.
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However, the complicated consequences of state succession-after the dissolution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia-as to the responsibility of the successor states, together with the unclear relation of regional offices of the LB in other former republics of the federation vis a vis the head office of the LB, made it difficult for the PACE to take sides on the legal issues involved.
