Self-determination

Type of entry: Right

All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, art. 2

Broader Terms:

• Self-determination, natural wealth and resources, subsistence

Narrower Terms:

• Development, economic
• Development, economic social and cultural
• Development, participation in
• Political status
• Social development

Related Terms:

• Bioprospecting
• Cultural identity
• Self administration of land and natural resources
• Technology