Remedial secession
Subtitle: a right to external self-determination as a remedy to serious injustices
By: Simone van den Driest
Series: School of Human Rights Research series -- volume 61; School of Human Rights Research series -- v. 61.
Publisher: Intersentia
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781780681535
Subjects: Self-determination, National; Secession
Description: It is increasingly often suggested in literature that a right to unilateral secession, stemming from the right to self-determination of peoples, may arise in case of serious injustices suffered by a people. In those extreme circumstances, an alleged right to unilateral secession operates as an "ultimum remedium". While such a right to remedial secession may well be morally desirable, the question is to what extent it has actually emerged under contemporary international law. The right to self-determination of peoples is generally considered to be one of the most fundamental norms in international law. Outside the context of decolonization, the right to self-determination is a continuous right, which is to be exercised primarily within the framework of an existing State.
Notes: Originally published as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Tilburg University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-371) and index.