Open AccessThe right of peoples to self-determination
Author(s) -
Slobodanka Bursac
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
međunarodni problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0690
pISSN - 0025-8555
DOI - 10.2298/medjp1002276b
Subject(s) - indigenous , politics , right to life , self determination , left and right , element (criminal law) , law , law and economics , political science , sociology , epistemology , social psychology , psychology , philosophy , human rights , engineering , ecology , structural engineering , biology
Applying as a criterion the area of achievement the author divides the right of peoples to self-determination to external and internal, while it is divided to political, economic and cultural when applying the sphere of social life as a criterion. While the right to self-determination undoubtedly belongs to peoples the recognition of this right to other groups, such as indigenous peoples and minorities requires a deeper analysis. The author defines the concept of holders of the right to self-determination that necessarily includes a territorial element. By all this, she analyses two concepts that are related to this right - uti possidetis principle and safeguard clause