Secession means breaking away from a legitimate state.

(b) The constitutionality of secession

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Nevertheless, no sovereign State can tolerate secession.

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In 1967, the Anguillan people staged a number of demonstrations to demand secession from Saint Kitts and Nevis.

He pointed out that article 3 did not encourage secession but that, in connection with article 45 of the draft declaration, it specifically discouraged secession.

74. The principle of self determination did not automatically imply the right to secession, and it was necessary to distinguish between the right to secession and separatism.

Theresa May said that this proposal would make Northern Ireland carry out different tariff regulations, akin to its secession from Britain.

The secession of Nagorno Karabakh from Azerbaijan during the Soviet era was legal, peaceful and just and carried out through referendum.

In the view of the Committee, international law had not recognized the general right of peoples unilaterally to declare secession from a State.

It limits this right, however, as follows International law has not recognized a general right of peoples unilaterally to declare secession from a State .

quot 3. Options in the referendum shall be a. unity and b. secession.

A peaceful and democratic way of tackling these problems should prevail over secession.

China's NPC has a clearly defined purpose in enacting the Anti Secession Law, namely, to oppose and check Taiwan's secession from China by secessionists in the name of Taiwan independence , promote peaceful national reunification, maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, preserve China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and safeguard the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation.

16. The possibility of the peaceful secession of the southern states is provided, however, by both documents

Voters chose overwhelmingly to become independent, though turnout was low with those against secession largely boycotting the vote.

In view of the immense destructiveness of the secessionist activities in the name of Taiwan independence to cross Strait relations and the severe threat they pose to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Asia Pacific region at large, the Anti Secession Law provides for taking non peaceful means to stop Taiwan's secession from China by the Taiwan independence forces.

Non peaceful means to stop Taiwan's secession from China by the Taiwan independence forces will be used only as a last resort, only when our efforts for a peaceful reunification prove completely futile.

Non peaceful means of stopping Taiwan's secession from China by the Taiwan independence forces will be used only as the last resort and only when our efforts for a peaceful reunification prove totally futile.

Firstly, would linking self determination and autonomy not lead to and legitimize disintegrative tendencies within States, including increased risks of secession?

quot 16. (1) The referendum in the southern states shall be on the following options, namely a. unity and b. secession.

We are not a bit surprised by the malicious attacks from the Taiwan authorities and various secessionist forces in Taiwan, because the law has a clear cut objective, that is, to oppose and check Taiwan's secession from China by the Taiwan independence forces.

The 1947 Constitution guaranteed some of these States a right to secession after a trial period a right which the 1974 Constitution abolished.

Widespread human rights violations, either caused or tolerated by a national government, can give rise to what is sometimes called a remedial right to secession for a region s inhabitants. If other remedies fail in such a situation, secession might be justified as a last resort, even if it imposes heavy costs on the rump state.

As pointed out above, the rights of persons belonging to minorities are different from the rights of peoples to self determination, and minority rights cannot serve as a basis for claims of secession or dismemberment of a State.

The Anti Secession Law enacted by the People's Republic of China in March this year has threatened peace and security on the Taiwan Strait.

Does secession harm those left behind? What about the resources the secessionists take with them, or the disruption they create in the country they leave?

329. The representative of France stated that article 3 posed the question whether the right to self determination was exercised within a nation or by secession.

He emphasized his support for these articles and stated that he supported the integrity of the Ukrainian State and that secession would be dangerous to all peoples.

In that context, he endorsed the view of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its General Recommendation XXI (48), adopted in 1996, which reaffirmed that international law had not recognized the general right of peoples unilaterally to declare secession from a State.

It rests on what the people concerned believe to be real. At the very least, there has to be an absence of violent opposition, including the threat of secession.

The Anti Secession Law is a domestic law of China, and a defensive measure for safeguarding State sovereignty and territorial integrity and for enabling a prospect of peaceful reunification.

In our view, a conclusion condemning terrorism, particularly as an instrument of secession, would have realistically reflected the statements of some Committee members, and the genuine state of affairs.

Armenia, having failed to achieve its political goal of obtaining the secession of Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan, started the expulsion of Azerbaijanis from Armenia and resorted, subsequently, to military aggression in order to acquire, forcibly, the territory of the Nagorny Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and to institute ethnic cleansing in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.

She argued in favour of broadening the idea of self determination, but reaffirmed that no link existed between autonomy and self determination in the sense of an entitlement to secession.

The Anti Secession Law is a domestic law of China and a defensive measure for safeguarding State sovereignty and territorial integrity and for bringing about the prospect of peaceful reunification.

At the end of the period, the people of southern Sudan would vote in an internationally monitored referendum to confirm the unity of the Sudan or to vote for secession.

enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government, or theft of state secrets, to prohibit foreign political organisations or bodies from conducting political activities in the Region, and to prohibit political organisations or bodies of the Region from establishing ties with foreign political organisations or bodies.

Six people were arrested in Barcelona on Saturday after pro independence protesters clashed with riot police, and as thousands joined rival demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of Catalonia's polarizing vote on secession.

But the controversial legislation to outlaw Taiwanese secession has proved anything but routine. It raised the stakes for the island s pro independence camp and increased the risk of a cross Strait military conflict.

Furthermore, in accordance with the principle of territorial integrity, the right to self determination did not imply the unilateral right of secession and must not lead to the disintegration of sovereign and independent States.

What if a region s secession leaves behind a rump state that is no longer viable? Within the EU, this is less of an issue, given that small states in theory still benefit from free trade within the Union but, outside of the EU, the situation of the remaining state can be dire.

In answer to these questions, he said that international practice in respect of external self determination, in the sense of an entitlement to unilateral secession, remained contextually restricted to instances of colonialism and closely analogous situations.

We are further concerned by the recent adoption by the People's Republic of China of the so called anti secession law, which, by increasing tension in the Strait of Taiwan, may compromise peace in the region.