about self determination in international law other uses Self determination disambiguation Self determination is the principle in international law that nation s have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or external interference. The principle does not state how the decision is to be made, or what the outcome should be, whether it be independence , federation , protectorate protection , some form of autonomy or even full Cultural assimilation assimilation . ref cite web url http www.un.org Depts dpi decolonization trust4.htm title United Nations Trust Territories that have achieved self determination publisher Un.org date 1960 12 14 accessdate 2012 03 04 ref Neither does it state what the delimitation between nations should be or even what Nation building constitutes a nation . In fact, there are conflicting definitions and legal criteria for determining which groups may legitimately claim the right to self determination. ref name Unterberger Betty Miller Unterberger , http findarticles.com p articles mi gx5215 is 2002 ai n19132482 Self Determination , Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2002. ref Moreover, self determination is just one of many principles applied to determining international borders. ref name Anstis Sebastian Anstis, http www.tandfonline.com doi abs 10.1080 09592296.2010.482477 The Normative Bases of the Global Territorial Order , Diplomacy & Statecraft , Volume 21, no. 2 June 2010 , pp. 306 323. ref By extension the term self determination has come to mean the Self determination philosophy free choice of one s own acts without external compulsion. ref cite web url http www.merriam webster.com dictionary self determination title Merriam Webster online dictionary publisher Merriam webster.com date accessdate 2012 03 04 ref ref http www.answers.com topic self determination Answers.com definition . ref History Refimprove section may contain original research or biased language ... more details
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