'Why does the Right of Self-Determination have Internal and External Aspects?' by Dr James Summers

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Description:	The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity. This lecture, entitled 'Why does the Right of Self-Determination have Internal and External Aspects', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 28th October 2011 by Dr James Summers, Lecturer in Law, University of Lancaster. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

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The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.

This lecture, entitled 'Why does the Right of Self-Determination have Internal and External Aspects', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 28th October 2011 by Dr James Summers, Lecturer in Law, University of Lancaster. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk


Created:	2011-10-28 17:52
Collection:	LCIL International Law Seminar Series MOVED
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	T.C. Grant
Language:	eng (English)
Keywords:	international law; Lauterpacht Centre for International Law; Self-determination;


Abstract:	There is a common tendency to divide the right of peoples to self-determination into internal and external aspects. However, what is less clear from the literature and from judicial and human rights bodies that have made the distinction is why self-determination should be specifically divided in this way. This talk will look at what it means for self-determination to have internal and external dimensions and illustrates how their content varies with the context in which the right is applied. It will argue that the usual default position that the internal and external aspects of self-determination also match those of states may be counterproductive and that the distinction should be considered more broadly.

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There is a common tendency to divide the right of peoples to self-determination into internal and external aspects. However, what is less clear from the literature and from judicial and human rights bodies that have made the distinction is why self-determination should be specifically divided in this way. This talk will look at what it means for self-determination to have internal and external dimensions and illustrates how their content varies with the context in which the right is applied. It will argue that the usual default position that the internal and external aspects of self-determination also match those of states may be counterproductive and that the distinction should be considered more broadly.

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