PUBLIC LAW

Public International Law

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Public International Law

Question One: Self-Determination

The main purpose of United Nation's charter article 1(2) is to structure friendly relations between the member states based on mutual respect, equal rights and self- determination of the people. It states that all the member states must treat each other as partners who are equal in every way in order to advance promote socio-economic security in the work, and to keep away from those issues which deviate them to follow these principles. The concept of self-determination has its origins in the American Revolution in the 1770's and consider as a vital part of human rights for the citizens living in the United Nation member states. According to this law the people has the right to choose their own government independently without any bias. However, if the government is not able to govern the country with responsibility and becoming destructive for citizens, than the people have a right stand against it and abolish to bring their own choice of the new government.

The idea of self-determination was in existence for long, but its actual application on the national level was first initiated in American and French revolution. The Americans in the 18 century were a British colony, and were tired of the British rule that use to raise high taxes on them without compensating them equal rights. These kinds of political actions committed by the European empire forced them to think about separation, and persuade them to develop the idea of self-determination as an alternative to British rule in Northern American states.

The advantage of having self-determination as being part of the constitution is that it gives an opportunity to people to legally struggle against those undemocratic sources whose prime objective is to use power for their benefit alone, and ignore the basic rights of the people by working against their interests. The law provides social security to the citizens who feel that this right will enable them to safeguard their interests and keep the government to follow the constitution and work for the betterment of the people. As they already knew that deviation from this track will results in the toppling of their government by the same people who elected them at the first place. The United Nations has integrated this idea into their charter and made it necessary for all the nations to sign it in order to provide social security in their particularly countries and across the world. The failure to comply with the law is seen as the opposition towards the United Nations objectives and the UN can use this to block the membership of any nation found itself in such ordeal.

Self-determination further divides into two different categories which are internal and external in nature. Internal self-determination means when people feel that they have no rights in the presence of the current government, and the only solution available is to have their own independent nation in which they will have equal rights and opportunities to ...