Current validity of the external dimension of the self-determination of peoples. Pending cases of decolonization

Resumen

More than half a century after the adoption of the UN General Assembly's Resolution 1514 (XV), the right of self-determination of peoples remains fully in force. In spite of the ongoing debate within internationalist doctrine over a posible evolution of its content and its extension to other subjects of international law, the author of this study, which does not analyse this question, underlines that there is no doubt whatsoever that it continues to be fully applicable to territories subjected to colonial rule and that these are not restricted to those included in the list de UN's Non-Self-Governing Territories.