Fifty Years of the British Indian Ocean Territory
Legal Perspectives
Stephen Allen (Redaktør) ; Chris Monaghan (Redaktør)
This book offers a detailed account of the legal issues concerning the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Islands) by
leading experts in the field. It examines the broader significance of the ongoing Bancoult litigation in the UK Courts, the Chagos Islanders' petition to the European Court of Human Rights and Mauritius'
successful challenge, under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, to the UK government's creation of a Marine Protected
Area around the Chagos Archipelago. Les mer
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This book offers a detailed account of the legal issues concerning the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Islands) by
leading experts in the field. It examines the broader significance of the ongoing Bancoult litigation in the UK Courts, the
Chagos Islanders' petition to the European Court of Human Rights and Mauritius' successful challenge, under the UN Convention
of the Law of the Sea, to the UK government's creation of a Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Archipelago. This book,
produced in response to the 50th anniversary of the BIOT's founding, also assesses the impact of the decisions taken in respect
of the Territory against a wider background of decolonization while addressing important questions about the lawfulness of
maintaining Overseas Territories in the post-colonial era.The chapter 'Anachronistic As Colonial Remnants May Be...' - Locating
the Rights of the Chagos Islanders As A Case Study of the Operation of Human Rights Law in Colonial Territories is open access
under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.
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Utgitt:
2019
Forlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 381
ISBN: 9783030087258
Format: 24 x 16 cm
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Stephen Allen and Chris Monaghan, Introduction.- Stuart Lakin, Justifying Bancoult (No 2): Why Justice Hercules Must Sometimes
Disappoint Us.- Adam Tomkins, Environmental protection v the right of abode: a case-study in the misuse of power.- Richard
Gifford, How Public Law has not been able to provide the Chagossians with a Remedy.- T.T. Arvind, The subject as a Civic Ghost:
Law, Dominion, and Empire in the Chagos litigation.- Chris Monaghan, An imperfect legacy: the significance of the Bancoult
litigation on the development of domestic constitutional jurisprudence.- C.R.G. Murray and Tom Frost, The Chagossians' Struggle
and the Last Bastions of Imperial Constitutionalism.- Ralph Wilde, 'Anachronistic as colonial remnants may be...' Locating
the rights of the Chagos Islanders as a case study of the operation of human rights law in colonial territories.- Thomas D.
Grant, The Once and Future King: Sovereignty over Territory and the Annex VII Tribunal's Award in Mauritius v. United Kingdom.-
Stephen Allen, The Operation of Estoppel in International Law and the Function of the Lancaster House Undertakings in the
Chagos Arbitration Award.- David M. Ong, Implications of the Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitral Tribunal Award for the
Balance between Natural Environmental Protection and Traditional Maritime Freedoms.- Sue Farran, Learning from Chagos, Lessons
for Pitcairn?.- Amy Schwebel, 'International law and Indigenous Peoples' Rights: What Next for the Chagossians?.- David Snoxell,
The Politics of Chagos: Part played by Parliament and the Courts towards resolving the Chagos Tragedy.