self-determination
SELF dih-ter-mih-NAY-shun
sɛlf dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃənListen
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the right of peoples to freely determine their own political status and freely pursue their own economic, social, and cultural development; recognised in international law through the United Nations Charter, the International Covenants on Human Rights, and most comprehensively the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted in 2007; for indigenous peoples self-determination encompasses control over governance, land and natural resources, education, health, language, and cultural practices, ranging in expression from local autonomy within existing states to full political independence
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