status quo (English) statusquo

The status quo is a term used in international law and diplomatic history to refer to the maintenance of a state of affairs that exists at a particular point in history. It is a concept that has often been used without being precisely defined in international law and diplomatic history, and therefore has a wide range of meanings.
[Wide range of concepts]
The concept of "status quo" has previously been discussed in connection with the legal effects of war. The issue then was whether territorial sovereignty should be restored to the pre-war status (status quo ante bellum) after the withdrawal of occupying forces, or whether the status quo at the end of the war should be considered the binding one under international law for the time being.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "status quo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…現状維持とは，歴史のある特定の時点に存在する状態を維持することをいう。国際法や外交史において厳密に定義されることなしにしばしば使用されてきた概念であり，そのため内容は多岐にわたる。
［多岐にわたる概念］
　〈現状status quo〉という概念は，かつては戦争のもつ法的効力とむすびつけて論じられてきた。その場合論点は，占領軍の撤退後，領土の主権が開戦前の状態status quo ante bellumに復帰されるべきか，それとも戦争が終了した時点での状態を，国際法上の当面の拘束力のあるものとみなすべきかにあった。…

※「status quo」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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