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LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 Title: Remedial Secession: Emerging Right or Hollow Rhetoric? Author: Miriam McKenna Master thesis 2010 The Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University Supervisor: Mikael Rask Masdem Downloaded from: http://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/ REMEDIAL SECESSION: EMERGING RIGHT OR HOLLOW RHETORIC? I. Introduction ........................................................................................... 8 1. Preface .................................................................................................. 8 2. Statement of the Problem...................................................................... 9 3. Research Objective and Approach ........................................................ 9 4. Caveat ................................................................................................. 11 II. Remedial Secession in Law and Theory ................................... 12 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 12 2. Secession within the Scope of Self-Determination .............................. 12 2.1.Choice Theory ........................................................................... 15 2.2.National Self-Determination Theory ........................................... 15 2.3.Remedial Right Theory .............................................................. 16 2.4.Calculation of Legitimacy Theory ............................................... 16 3. Assessment of Theories of Secession in Light of Territorial Integrity .. 17 3.1.Conclusion ............................. Fel! Bokmärket är inte definierat. 4. Seeking a Legal Basis for Remedial Secession .................................. 19 4.1.Treaty Law ................................................................................. 19 4.1.1.United Nations Charter ........................................................ 19 4.1.2.Two Covenants ................................................................... 20 4.1.3.Conclusion .......................................................................... 22 4.2.Other Instruments ...................................................................... 22 4.2.1. The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Peoples ............................................................................................... 22 4.2.2.Friendly Relations Declaration ............................................ 25 4.2.3.Vienna Declaration .............................................................. 27 4.3.Conclusion ................................................................................. 27 4.4.Judicial Decisions ...................................................................... 28 4.4.1.Åland Islands Decision ........................................................ 28 4.4.2.Katangese Peoples’ Congress v. Zaire ............................... 29 4.4.3.Loizidou v Turkey ................................................................ 30 4.4.4.Re Secession of Quebec .................................................... 31 4.5.Juristic Opinion of Eminent Legal Scholars ............................... 32 5. Conclusion .......................................................................................... 34 III. State Practice ..................................................................................... 34 1. Introduction............................................................................................. 34 2. Delimitation of Cases Examined ......................................................... 35 A) Bangladesh ................................................................................. 36 a) Introduction .................................................................................. 36 b) Background ................................................................................. 36 i.Formation of Pakistan .................................................................... 36 ii.Events Leading to Secession ........................................................ 37 iii.Military Intervention................................................................... 38 iv.India’s Intervention ................................................................... 39 c) Elements of Bangladesh’s Secession .......................................... 39 i.The Claimants ................................................................................ 40 ii.Discrimination Against East Bengal .............................................. 40 2 iii.Human Rights Abuses .............................................................. 41 iv.Geographic Bifarcation ............................................................. 41 v.Indian Intervention ........................................................................ 42 d) Reaction of the Pakistani Government ........................................ 42 e) Reaction of the UN ...................................................................... 43 f) Reaction of the International Community ...................................... 43 B) Croatia ......................................................................................... 44 a) Introduction .................................................................................. 44 b) Background ................................................................................. 45 i. Formation of the SFRY ................................................................. 45 ii. Events Leading to Secession ....................................................... 45 iii. Military Intervention .................................................................. 46 c) Dissolution vs Secession ............................................................. 47 d) Elements of Croatian Secession ................................................. 49 i. Claimants ...................................................................................... 50 ii. Discrimination Against Croatia ..................................................... 50 iii. Human Rights Abuses ............................................................. 51 iv. EC Intervention ........................................................................ 51 e) Reaction of the SFRY Government ............................................. 52 f) Reaction of the UN ....................................................................... 52 g) Reaction of the International Community ..................................... 53 C) Biafra ........................................................................................... 54 a) Introduction .................................................................................. 54 b) Background ................................................................................. 54 i. The Colonial Legacy ..................................................................... 54 ii. Nigerian Independence ................................................................ 55 iii. Secession ................................................................................ 55 c) Elements of Biafran Secession .................................................... 56 i. Claimants ...................................................................................... 56 ii. Discrimination Against Biafra ....................................................... 56 iii. Geo-political Factors ................................................................ 57 d) Reaction of the Nigerian Government ......................................... 58 e) Reaction of UN ............................................................................ 58 f) Reaction of International Community ........................................... 59 3. Analysis of the Theoretical Framework of Remedial Secession in Light of Case Studies ................................................................................... 59 3.1 Overview of the Theoretical Criteria........................................... 60 3.2 Claimants: ”People” ................................................................... 60 3.3 Breach of Internal Self-Determination and Extreme Human Rights Violations ......................................................................................... 62 3.4 Measure of Last Resort ............................................................