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In seeking this right, a country is bound to spend a lot of money in trying to mobilize other states to vote for such a right and in cases where the right is sought through secession which at times might not be peaceful; a state will use much of its resources towards the endeavors
Financial cost of self-determination-
It is argued that the economic or financial cost of acquiring the right of self determination is a huge one as it bites large on to the economic resources of a state. In seeking this right, a country is bound to spend a lot of money in trying to mobilize other states to vote for such a right and in cases where the right is sought through secession which at times might not be peaceful; a state will use much of its resources towards the endeavors
Indefinite divisibility’ of states self-determination must mean independence, raising the “specter of secession ” in suggesting that “only by redefining states can new states be created”, and point to the risk of ‘indefinite divisibility’ of states, which in turn would threaten international peace and security, the maintenance of which is presently the responsibility of …show more content…
These include limitations of the sort which provides that ‘nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms recognized herein’. It follows from Article 5 that the exercise of the right of self-determination must be balanced with the other human rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of religion.
Territorial claims as limitation for the right of self determination No action encouraging any action which would impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States conducting themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples as described above and thus possessed of a government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without distinction as to race, creed, or colour. Every State shall refrain from any action aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and territorial integrity of any other State or country. One of the more recent expressions of the right to self-determination in a major declaration was in the Vienna Declaration and Program of Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993. Article 2 of the Vienna Declaration is a forceful statement of the right
Financial cost of self-determination-
It is argued that the economic or financial cost of acquiring the right of self determination is a huge one as it bites large on to the economic resources of a state. In seeking this right, a country is bound to spend a lot of money in trying to mobilize other states to vote for such a right and in cases where the right is sought through secession which at times might not be peaceful; a state will use much of its resources towards the endeavors
Indefinite divisibility’ of states self-determination must mean independence, raising the “specter of secession ” in suggesting that “only by redefining states can new states be created”, and point to the risk of ‘indefinite divisibility’ of states, which in turn would threaten international peace and security, the maintenance of which is presently the responsibility of …show more content…
These include limitations of the sort which provides that ‘nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms recognized herein’. It follows from Article 5 that the exercise of the right of self-determination must be balanced with the other human rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of religion.
Territorial claims as limitation for the right of self determination No action encouraging any action which would impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States conducting themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples as described above and thus possessed of a government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without distinction as to race, creed, or colour. Every State shall refrain from any action aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and territorial integrity of any other State or country. One of the more recent expressions of the right to self-determination in a major declaration was in the Vienna Declaration and Program of Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993. Article 2 of the Vienna Declaration is a forceful statement of the right