Palestinian quest for self-determination: Reflection on the practice of the United Nations

This study investigates the doctrine of self-determination in the practice of the United Nations and in relation to the self-determination claims of the Palestinian people. In the first years that followed its establishment, the United Nations terminated British mandate on the territory and since then its Partition Plan has not materialize. Over the time, he principle of self-determination underwent numerous reforms. To look back at the development of the principle as well as its application the the Palestinian self-determination claims this work employs process tracing method. This research looks at the five decades following the establishment of the United Nations and analyses them in three separate time frames. The time frames are based on historical context of the time. Findings of this work suggest that process of disregard, negligence and flexible interpretation of the doctrine of self-determination have played part in the unsuccessful exercise of the right to self...Show moreThis study investigates the doctrine of self-determination in the practice of the United Nations and in relation to the self-determination claims of the Palestinian people. In the first years that followed its establishment, the United Nations terminated British mandate on the territory and since then its Partition Plan has not materialize. Over the time, he principle of self-determination underwent numerous reforms. To look back at the development of the principle as well as its application the the Palestinian self-determination claims this work employs process tracing method. This research looks at the five decades following the establishment of the United Nations and analyses them in three separate time frames. The time frames are based on historical context of the time. Findings of this work suggest that process of disregard, negligence and flexible interpretation of the doctrine of self-determination have played part in the unsuccessful exercise of the right to self-determination by the Palestinians.Show less

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