addressed in several UN resolutions

The principle of self-determination has been addressed in several UN resolutions, declarations and conventions. However, it is an ‘elusive concept’, mainly due to an unclear definition of ‘people’, i.e., who are actually entitled to self-determination (for example, indigenous groups, religious groups and other minorities), resulting in various interpretations and significant implications in practice. One of the foremost legal rights for self-determination is the “Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People” adopted by UN General Assembly (GA) Resolution 1514 in 1960, where Para 1 declares, “the subjugation of people to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights” and is contrary to the UN Charter.6 These legal rights were primarily designed or interpreted to foster the decolonisation สล็อต