Security Council self-determination

There is a well-established rule of international law protecting the territorial integrity and unity of states. For instance, even UN Security Council Resolution 1514 (XV), which first enshrined the principle of self-determination as classically understood, determined that ... 

One proposal for interim governanee has been put forward in relation to the long-running Western Sahara dispute. Like that of East Timor before it, the case of Western Sahara is rather special, given its context of unftilfilled colonial self-determination. In the peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara of 23 May 2003, it is elarified that the purpose of the plan is to achieve a political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara which provides for self-determination, as contemplated in paragraph 1 of Security Council Resolution 1429 (2002), of 30 July 2002. The plan then proposed ... 

Human Rights Committee (1984) General Comment No. 12 The Right to Self-Determination (Art. 1) UN Doc. CCPR General Comment No. 12 International Court of Justice (1970) Legal Consequences for States of the continued presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding the Security Council resolution 276 (1970), Advisory Opinion, 21-06-1971,1.C.J. Reports 1971, 16, Declaration of President Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan... 

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