PO333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Uti Possidetis, Declaration On The Granting Of Independence To Colonial Countries And Peoples, Decolonization
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Ga resolution 1514 (xv) (1960), declaration on the granting of independence to colonial. (2) all peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development. (6) any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the. Seems to qualify the right of self-determination as outlined in (2) International law begins to stuff it into a very tight box . The court states, the purpose of the principle and application of self-determination is to bring all colonial situations to a speedy end . What was the question before the commission who delivered us opinion no. The right to self-determination must not involve changes to certain frontiers at the time of independence . Things must stay the same they are at the time of independence.