Recently, Scotland referendum or independence form the UK has arised lots of hit arguments. It is an issue related to state`s self-determination. Date back to U.N. Charter and other international annoucements, this kind of right can only be applied to colonies. But after all the colonies became independet, how should we understand self-determination? Obviously, self-determinationa can ce divided into two parts: inside self-determination and outside self-determination. Then can a region inside a state declare its independence? We must refer to the sonstituion of this state. Since this is the inner matter of this state, and is a domestic issue.

Question:

Can a region declare its independence form a state according to the right of self-determination stipulated in U.N. Charter? Why?

Materials

1. Article1(2)，article73 of the UNCharter

2. Paragraph2 of the Declaration on the Granting ofIndependence to Colonial Countries andPeoples of 1960

3. Article 1(2) of the International Covenant onCivil and PoliticalRights 1966

Cases

1. Monacoand the Vatican City

2. Rhodesia

3. KOSOVO

4. UKRAIN

Self-determination and recognition asadditional criteria