Self-Determination: A Human Rights Approach
43 International and Comparative Law Quarterly (1994) 857-885
Posted: 22 Jun 2012
Date Written: June 21, 2012
Abstract
A coherent legal framework needs to be developed in order to resolve the potentially competing claims and obligations concerning the right of self-determination. The rules expounded in this framework must be able to be applied to a variety of circumstances without creating an increased threat to international peace and security while respecting the rights and interests of all members of the international community. The present approaches to the right have not provided the necessary coherent framework.The only appropriate legal framework to consider the right of self-determination which meets these demanding requirements is one based on the legal rules developed in international human rights law.
Keywords: self-determination, international law, human rights
JEL Classification: K1, K33
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