self-determination
Sign in to saveSelf-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
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Self-determination is the right of a group of people to establish their own independent political system and govern themselves. It matters because it ensures that people have a say in how they are governed, including through representative government where everyone gets to vote.
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- History
- Pre-20th century
- World Wars I and II
- Europe, Asia and Africa
- The Cold War world
- The UN Charter and resolutions
- The communist versus capitalist worlds
- Asia
- After the Cold War
- Current issues
- Defining "peoples"
- Self-determination versus territorial integrity
- Methods of increasing minority rights
- Self-determination versus majority rule/equal rights
- Constitutional law
- Drawing new borders
- Notable cases
- Artsakh
- Assyria
- Australia
- Azawad
- Balochistan
- Basque Country
- Biafra
- Catalonia
- Chechnya
- East Turkistan
- Eastern Ukraine
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Hong Kong
- Indigenous peoples
- Israel<!-- This subsection falls under the [[WP:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict]] arbitration restrictions. Editors that are not [[WP:Extended Confirmed]] may not edit this section. -->
- Kashmir
- Kurdistan
- Nagalim
- North Borneo and Sarawak
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestine<!-- This subsection falls under the [[WP:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict]] arbitration restrictions. Editors that are not [[WP:Extended Confirmed]] may not edit this section. -->
- Quebec
- Sardinia
- Scotland
- South Africa
- South Tyrol
- Székely Land
- Taiwan
- Tibet
- United States
- Western Sahara
- West Papua
- Western Cape
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law, binding, as such, on the United Nations as an authoritative interpretation of the Charter's norms. The principle does not state how the decision is to be made, nor what the outcome should be (whether independence, federation, protection, some form of autonomy or full assimilation), and the right of self-determination does not necessarily include a right to an independent state for every ethnic group within a former colonial territory. Further, no right to secession is recognized under international law.