If I intervene by killing Renzo and freeing you, even though in the past you told me you would not like me to do this or even though I can infer that, as a pacifist, you would not approve of this, then I have violated rather than protected your
self-determination. This is true even though, at the moment, your
self-determination is eclipsed because Renzo hypnotized you.
"Pakistan has historically been a proud champion of
self-determination," Ambassador Lodhi said.
Speaking on 73rd anniversary of the United Nations Day last month, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi acknowledged the role and contribution of the United Nations and called upon the body to ensure the inalienable right of Kashmiris to
self-determination.
The impact of opportunities on the development of
self-determination has largely been documented (e.g., Carter, Owens, Trainor, Sun, & Swedeen, 2009), thus emphasizing the need to teach and promote self-determination-related skills.
The example of elders, the hope of youth and the faithfulness of clergy have all been moments of
self-determination. Even, from time to time, the example of the faithful non-Indigenous person, living among the People of the Land, has been a moment of
self-determination.
Two conceptual systems of
self-determination have been previously examined in SDT research.
Hofbauer takes the right to
self-determination as an example of areas in international law where uncertainty abounds.
The Resolution reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to
self-determination, including their right to have an independent State, and urges all States, specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to support the Palestinian people and help them achieve their right to
self-determination as soon as possible.
A PEOPLES right to preserve their own cultural identity and control the course of their political life is known in modern international law as the right of
self-determination. It is closely associated with a claim to a territory in which they can observe their customs and practices and govern themselves, a land alluded to, with emotional overtones, as the ancestral domain or homeland.
This survey of the law of
self-determination from the perspective of the people treats people as a political idea central to the doctrines of nationalism and liberalism whose interaction with international law defines the right to
self-determination.
Coleman, Resolving Claims to
Self-Determination: Is There a Role for the International Court of Justice?