Territorial Claims as a Limitation to the Right of Self-Determination in the Context of the Falkland Islands Dispute

Authors

Alejandro Schwed

Abstract

This Note will trace the development and present status of the right to self-determination under international law and its applicability to the decolonization of the Falkland Islands. No attempt will be made to determine whether Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Islands is valid. The focus will be, rather, on whether the right of self-determination as set out by the United Nations can be limited and superseded by competing territorial claims.

Recommended Citation

Alejandro Schwed, Territorial Claims as a Limitation to the Right of Self-Determination in the Context of the Falkland Islands Dispute, 6 Fordham Int'l L.J. 443 (1982).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj/vol6/iss3/3