The Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

We are offering a one-day conference that also counts as continuing legal education for licensed attorneys, but open to anyone interested.

9:00 PART Protected content (in FR)
9:30 The Legal Foundations of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination
The enshrinement of the principle in the UN Charter, the case law of the ICJ and the scope of the principle in contemporary international law.

10:15 Peoples in Struggle: International Justice and Political Realities
- The Concept of a People: A Philosophical and Historical Reflection
- Procedural and Political Challenges in the Quest for Recognition of the Right to Self-Determination: The State of Palestine’s Legal Strategy
- The Case of the Kurds in Turkey: From Armed Struggle to Political Recognition?

13:30 Between Decolonization and Secession: The Denial of the Right to Self-Determination in Domestic Law
- The Right to Self-Determination and National Unity
- The level of recognition of peoples’ right to self-determination: Mayotte
- The referendum process, legal colonialism and post-Nouméa prospects.

15:00 Sovereignty, Identity, and Reparations
- Occupation, Natural Resources and International Responsibility of Third States: Sanctions for Violations of the Right to Self-Determination – Western Sahara
- Chagos Archipelago: the Protected content opinion and agreement of May 22, Protected content
- The role of public opinion and the media in the recognition of peoples in struggle.

18:00 PART Protected content IN-members only

Best,
Arnd WOLFRAM