Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 — Advisory Opinion

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ICJ Advisory Opinion of 25 February 2019 finding that the decolonisation of Mauritius was not lawfully completed in 1968 and that the UK was under an obligation to bring its administration of the Chagos Archipelago to an end as rapidly as possible. The Opinion is non-binding but was endorsed by UNGA Resolution 73/295 (May 2019) by 116–6. Anchor citation for the proposition that decolonisation can be reopened and remediated decades after the formal transfer of power — directly relevant to the Ceylon case.

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