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Self-Determination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Rupert Emerson*
Affiliation:
Harvard University

Abstract

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Type
Fourth Session
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1966

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References

1 ‘ ‘ The principle of self-determination, directed towards independence, is, as the ‘principio di nazionaliti’ in the 19th century, a revolutionary principle and the frequency with which it is invoked, proves this to be a basically revolutionary epoch.” Josef L. Kunz, “The Principle of Self-Determination of Peoples, Particularly in the Practice of the United Nations,” in 1 Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Volker 132 (Miinchen: Verlag Eobert Lerche, 1964).

2 Rupert Emerson, “ Self -Determination Revisited in the Era of Decolonization,” Occasional Papers in International Affairs, No. 9, December, 1964 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University, Center for International Affairs, 1964), p. 64.

3 Tins issue was flatly stated in a memorandum on the Somali question, prepared by the Kenya Delegation to the Addis Ababa Summit Conference, which stated: “The principle of self-determination has relevance where FOREIGN DOMINATION is the issue. It has no relevance where the issue is territorial disintegration by dissident citizens.” Emerson, Self-Determination 35.

4 See George Ginsburgs’ “ ‘Wars of National Liberation’ and the Modern Law of Nations—the Soviet Thesis.” 29 Law and Contemporary Problems 910-942 (Autumn, 1964).