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Self-determination [1] 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. [2] [3] Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law, binding, as such, on the United Nations as an authoritative interpretation of the ...
According to this document "the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations" embraces the right of all peoples "freely to determine, without external interference, their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development" as well as the duty of every ...
The Right of Nations to Self-Determination is a work by Vladimir Lenin written in February–May 1914. [1] It dealt with the national question in relation to countries such as Norway and Poland. A polemic against Rosa Luxemburg, it was written in the vein of "The Awakening in the East."
Chapter I of the United Nations Charter lays out the purposes and principles of the United Nations organization. These principles include the equality and self-determination of nations, respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the obligation of member countries to obey the Charter, to cooperate with the UN Security Council and to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts.
The declaration characterized foreign rule as a violation of human rights, affirmed the right to self-determination, and called for an end to colonial rule. [1] Adom Getachew writes, "Within fifteen years, anticolonial nationalists had successfully captured the UN and transformed the General Assembly into a platform for the international ...
Boris Meissner, "The Soviet Concept of Nation and the Right of National Self-Determination," International Journal, vol. 32, no. 1 (Winter 1976/1977), pp. 56–81. In JSTOR; S. Velychenko, Painting Imperialism and Nationalism Red.
The United Nations affirmed "the inalienable right of the people of French Polynesia to self-determination and independence". A few hours before the UN review of the resolution, during its first meeting, the new Territorial Assembly adopted by 46 votes to 10 a "resolution" expressing the desire of Polynesians to maintain their autonomy within ...
Bangladesh interprets the self-determination clause in Article 1 as applying in the historical context of colonialism. It also reserves the right to interpret the labour rights in Articles 7 and 8 and the non-discrimination clauses of Articles 2 and 3 within the context of its constitution and domestic law.