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The 2019 Chagos Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice is a decision of profound legal and political significance. Presented with a rare opportunity to pronounce on the right to self-determination and the rules governing decolonization, the ICJ responded with remarkable directness. The contributions to this book examine the Court's reasoning, the importance of the decision for the international system, and its consequences for the situation in the Chagos Archipelago in particular. Apart from bringing the Chagossians closer to the prospect of returning to the islands from which they were covertly expelled half a century ago, the decision and its political context may be understood as part of a broader shift in North/South relations, in which formerly dominant powers like the UK must come to terms with their waning influence on the world stage, and in which voices from former colonies are increasingly shaping the institutional and normative landscape.

International law --- Res judicata. --- Chagossians --- Decolonization. --- Colonies (International law) --- Sovereignty. --- Sovereignty --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- Political science --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Self-determination, National --- Colonies --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Colonization --- Postcolonialism --- Chagos Islanders --- Chagosians --- Ilois (Chagossians) --- Ethnology --- Estoppel --- Exceptions (Law) --- Judgments --- Stare decisis --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- International Court of Justice. --- CIJ --- Cour internationale de justice --- M.T.S. --- MTS --- Mǐędzynarodowy Trybunał Sprawiedliwości --- Milletlerarası Adalet Divanı --- I.C.J. --- ICJ --- Hague. --- Corte Internacional de Justicia --- Internationaler Gerichtshof --- Dīvān-i Bayn al-Milalī-i Dādgustarī --- Dīvān-i Lāhah --- Corte internazionale di giustizia --- Kokusai Shihō Saibansho --- Sān Yuttitham rawāng Prathēt --- Maḥkamat al-ʻAdl al-Dawlīyah --- Diethnes Dikastērion --- United Nations. --- C.I.J. --- World Court --- Tribunal Internacional de Justicia --- Mezhdunarodnyĭ Sud OON --- Curtea Internațională de Justiție --- Gjykata Ndërkombëtare e Drejtësisë --- GJND --- Meǵunarodniot sud na pravdata --- Nemzetközi Bíróság --- Permanent Court of International Justice --- Permanent Court of Arbitration --- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea --- Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho del mar --- Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer --- Convention on the Law of the Sea --- Ittifāqīyat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah li-Qānūn al-Biḥār --- Ittifāqīyat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah lil-Qānūn al-Dawlī lil-Biḥār --- Kaiyōhō ni kansuru Kokusai Rengō jōyaku --- Konvensi Hukum Laut --- Konvent︠s︡ii︠a︡ OON po morskomu pravu --- Law of the Sea --- Law of the Sea Convention --- Lian ho guo hai yang fa gong yue --- Lien ho kuo hai yang fa kung yüeh --- Symvasis tōn Hēnōmenōn Ethnōn dia to Dikaion tēs Thalasses --- UN Convention on the Law of the Sea --- UNCLOS 1982 --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue (1982 December 10) --- 联合国海洋法公约 (1982 December 10) --- Haeyangpŏp e kwanhan Kukche Yŏnhap hyŏbyak --- Konvensi Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa Tentang Hukum Laut --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- Chagos Islands --- Chagos Archipelago --- BIOT --- International status. --- Olon Ulsyn Shu̇u̇kh --- Nėgdsėn U̇ndėstniĭ Shu̇u̇kh --- UNCLOS --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue --- 联合国海洋法公约