The Chagos Islanders and international law /

"In 1965, the UK excised the Chagos Islands from the colony of Mauritius to create the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in connection with the founding of a US military facility on the island of Diego Garcia. Consequently, the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were secretly exiled to Mauri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allen, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2014.
Temas:
Chagossians > Legal status, laws, etc. > Congresses.
Public international law.
LAW / International
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Chagos islanders and international law
  • About this book
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Table of Cases
  • Table of Legislation
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Chagossian Litigation in the English Courts
  • 2. The Chagos Islanders and the European Convention on Human Rights: Extra-territoriality and the Concept of State Jurisdiction
  • 3. Detaching the Chagos Islands from Mauritius: The 1965 Mauritian Constitutional Conference and the Making of the Lancaster House Agreement
  • 4. The 1965 Lancaster House Agreement and International Law
  • 5. Detaching the Chagos Islands from Mauritius: The Status of Colonial Self-determination in International Law during the mid-1960s
  • 6. Mauritian Claims of Sovereignty over the Chagos Islands: Mauritian Self-determination
  • 7. The Chagos Islanders and International Law
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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