2019 AD
The ICJ finds Mauritius’s decolonization incomplete
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · Resistance & colonized agency · Law & imperial government · Decolonization & independence
In an advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that Chagos’s 1965 separation was not based on free and genuine expression and that the UK should end its administration as rapidly as possible. The General Assembly endorsed that conclusion by a large majority and requested withdrawal within six months; the opinion was authoritative but advisory, and the UK did not meet that deadline
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