Self-Determination of Peoples — KSLU Pil Notes

Self-Determination of Peoples

Art 1(2) UN Charter + Art 1, ICCPR (1966): All peoples have the right to self-determination — to freely determine their political status and pursue their economic, social, and cultural development.

flowchart LR
    SD[Right to Self-Determination] --> INT[Internal Self-Determination]
    SD --> EXT[External Self-Determination]
    INT --> I1[Right to democratic governance within existing State]
    INT --> I2[Autonomy, federalism, minority rights]
    EXT --> E1[Separation and formation of a new State]
    EXT --> E2[Available only to colonial peoples or severely oppressed]
    EXT --> E3[NOT available to every disaffected minority - Kosovo Advisory Opinion 2010]