2002 AD
The Act renames territories and extends British citizenship
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · Resistance & colonized agency · Law & imperial government · Migration & diaspora · Decolonization & independence
The British Overseas Territories Act replaced “Dependent Territories” with “Overseas Territories” and granted British citizenship to most of their citizens. Exceptions, inequalities, and sovereignty disputes persisted. In 2026 the UN still listed ten UK-administered territories as non-self-governing, alongside separately treated questions such as Chagos
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