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Cleverly insists: the Falklands are British
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly wrote on Twitter that the Falkland “islanders have the right to decide their own future: they have chosen to remain an autonomous British Overseas Territory,” and therefore “the Falkland Islands are British.” Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAccording to Dame Rosalyn Higgins, former British judge and former President of the International Court of Justice: ‘Until it is determined where territorial sovereignty lies, it is impossible to see if the inhabitants have the right of self-determination’. (International Law and the Avoidance, Containment and Resolution of Disputes. General Course on Public International Law’, Hague Academy of International Law Collected Courses, 1991, vol. 230, p. 174).
Mar 04th, 2023 - 01:22 am - Link - Report abuse -4The only body to determine the application of the right to self-determination is the UN assembly, or the ICJ court. Not the occupying power.
and remember the words of the British jurist who presided over the ICJ, and she is from your own country.. she say “Inhabitants” , ur not people for international law
And it has been determined where soverienty lies, not with corrupt Argentina, it never has.
Mar 04th, 2023 - 07:12 am - Link - Report abuse +2According to Dame Rosalyn Higgins, former British judge and former President of the International Court of Justice: ‘Until it is determined where territorial sovereignty lies, it is impossible to see if the inhabitants have the right of self-determination’. (International Law and the Avoidance, Containment and Resolution of Disputes. General Course on Public International Law’, Hague Academy of International Law Collected Courses, 1991, vol. 230, p. 174).
Mar 04th, 2023 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse +1She definitively defined the Islands sovereignty as British, as I have exposed your sophistry on this issue many times.
“The jurist Rosalyn Higgins President of ICJ arrived at a similar conclusion when she pointed out: “No tribunal could tell her [Argentina] that she has to accept British title because she has acquiesced to it But what the protests do not do is to defeat the British title, which was built up in other ways through Argentina’s acquiescence.” 1
1. Rosalyn Higgins, “Falklands and the Law,” Observer, 2 May 1982
“The only body to determine the application of the right to self-determination is the UN assembly”
The UNGA is not imbued with any judicial powers, and is limited solely to issuing mere advisement's.
It already has conformed with the UN Charter requirement for decolonisation, by holding a Referendum, which does not require anyone’s prior approval.
“UN Charter; DECLARATION REGARDING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES; Article 73; Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for ..peoples have not yet attained .. self-government recognize the principle ..b. to develop self-government, ...”
Argentine citizen, just because you continue to spout your rubbish, it doesn't make it any more true. You know full-well that you are incorrect, so just stop it. You are making your “heroes” embarrassed for you.
Mar 04th, 2023 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse +2@terrence hill, Nope she expressly say the soverany is on dispute, and until its determined where it lies its imposible say if the INHABITANTS have the right of self determination.
Mar 04th, 2023 - 12:06 pm - Link - Report abuse -3She add on her opinion the uk had bases for own the case by acquicense..
but for the moment Pandora Box will remain there.
“soverany is on dispute.”
Mar 04th, 2023 - 12:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Applicable only to the time and place. !975, in Western Sahara versus 1982 The Falkland Islands.
Thus, relevance, and later, is definitively greater.
Argentine citizen
Mar 05th, 2023 - 08:11 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Unfortunately you are incorrect, the UN General Assembly voted that for the remaining non-self governing territories, the right to self-determination is absolute. Argentina tried to add the caveat of “except where a sovereignty dispute exists”, and lost the vote heavily.
In fact other than LATAM countries and a few failed state dictatorships, noone voted with Argentina.
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