UNILATERAL NON-COLONIAL SECESSION AND INTERNAL SELF

Secession must be placed in its historical context — as a phenomenon only possible in the modem era and only perceived as a global threat in this century Theorists from other disciphnes who have discussed secession have rehed on a problem solving theoretical perspective which has kept them from considering secession as an outcome of

SECESSION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

secession of a territory, that is, that consider a unilateral declaration of independence as legal International law does neither authorize nor forbid unilateral declarations of independence for they are understood as something alien to it, an internal matter of each State

SELF-DETERMINATION AND SECESSION

self-determination is seen in positive terms, secession is frequently perceived negatively Some of the early quests for self-determination and secession have been resolved, while others linger New instances have also surfaced Examples of all three types are Somaliland, Puntland, Zanzibar, Niger Delta (Biafra),