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1 ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 119 (1995)
What the Principle of Self-Determination Means Today

handle is hein.journals/ilsaic1 and id is 121 raw text is: WHAT THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION MEANS TODAY' Mitchell A. Hill- I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 120 II. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY .... 120 A. Post-World War I .................................................... 121 B. Post-World War II ................................................... 122 III. UNITED NATIONS AGREEMENTS CONCERNING THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION-THE CONTEMPORARY VIEW ........... 123 A. The United Nations Charter ..................... 124 B. The 1960 Declaration ............................................... 125 C. The 1970 Declaration ............................................... 126 1. G enerally ....................................................... 126 2. The Self-Determination Section of the 1970 Declaration ............................................. 127 IV. THE RECOGNITION OF THE BREAK-UP OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: A MODERN APPLICATION OF THE SELF-DETERMINATION SECTION OF THE 1970 DECLARATION ..... 129 A. Background ........................................................... 129 B. Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina Claim Independence ................................................. 130 C. The Recognition of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Self-Determination Section of the 1970 Declaration ................................... 131 V. CONCLUSION ................................................................. 132 V I. A PPENDIX ..................................................................... 133 * The winning essay of the Bruno Bitker Essay Contest is printed as submitted to ILSA by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on World Order Under Law. The Editorial Staff of the ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law has engaged in no editing beyond that required to enhance the readability of the essay (the correction of punctuation and typographical errors). As such, the essay should not be construed as reflecting the opinions or the editorial standards of the Journal Staff. ** Attorney, Meyer, Meyer & Metli; B.S., 1990, Keenan-Flagler Business School; Juris Doctor, 1994, University of North Carolina Law School at Chapel Hill.

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