The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice [ICJ] on the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 has been hailed as a major victory by the government of Mauritius and by representatives of the Chagossians who were forcibly removed from the islands to make way for the establishment of an American military facility on the island of Diego Garcia at the height of the Cold War. The opinion was categorical: the process of decolonization of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country acceded to independence in 1968. The UK lost on every single argument it made before the Court and is under an obligation to bring its administration of the Chagos Archipelago to an end “as rapidly as possible”. This comment focuses on what the ICJ said about self-determination, and whether the Advisory Opinion could have consequences for future cases at the Court.

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查戈斯咨询意见和自决法

国际法院 [ICJ] 关于 1965 年查戈斯群岛与毛里求斯分离的咨询意见被毛里求斯政府和被强行驱逐出岛屿的查戈斯人代表誉为重大胜利。在冷战高峰期在迭戈加西亚岛上建立美国军事设施的方法。意见很明确：毛里求斯 1968 年获得独立时，该国的非殖民化进程并未合法完成。英国在法院提出的每一个论点上都失败了，英国有义务将其对查戈斯群岛的管理“尽快”结束。本评论侧重于国际法院关于自决的说法，