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13 - Prospect of the Chagos Advisory Opinion and the Subsequent UN General Assembly Resolution Helping to Resolve the Future of the Chagos Archipelago and Its Former Inhabitants: A Political Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2021

Thomas Burri
Affiliation:
Universität St Gallen, Switzerland
Jamie Trinidad
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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The Chagos Archipelago of fifty-four islands, formerly administered from Port Louis as a dependency of the British Colony of Mauritius, was excised from that territory by the UK in 1965, three years before Mauritius was granted independence. It was renamed the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and its inhabitants (about 1,500) were deported to Mauritius and the Seychelles between 1968 and 19731 to make way for a US military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia. Depopulation enabled the British government to avoid having to administer the islands and to report annually to the UN via the Decolonisation Committee of Twenty Four on its latest colony.

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The International Court of Justice and Decolonisation
New Directions from the Chagos Advisory Opinion
, pp. 262 - 279
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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