scholarly journals Patterning of Subtropical ⁄ Warm-temperate Evergreen Broad-leaved Forests in East Asian Mountains with Special Reference to Shoot Phenology

Tropics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko OHSAWA ◽  
Ikuko NITTA
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Shoot Phenology ◽  
Warm Temperate

Minorities’ Claim to Secession by Virtue of the Right to Self-Determination: Asian Perspectives with Special Reference to Kosovo and Sri Lanka

2013 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gnanapala Welhengama ◽  
Nirmala Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
The South ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
The Right

This study examines the attitudes of the South and South East Asian states to secession in the post-colonial context. The right to self-determination was a key argument in the overthrow of colonial rule, but states that won their independence from foreign rule are unwilling to recognise that ethnic minorities in these former colonial states have a right to make the same argument in their bid for self-government. These states insist on the inviolability of mainly colonial boundaries and reject any notion that the right to self-determination implies the right to secession. This article examines the reasons for this attitude. Also, in the last five years two significant events have occurred: Kosovo has seceded and the Tamil Tigers have been defeated. The article explores the implications of these two extremes.

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