Editing Independence (section)

== Right to independence ==
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During the 20th century wave of [[decolonization]] colonies gained rights to independence through documents such as the 1960 [[Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples]], but this right remained mostly applicable only to unfree territorial entities, such as colonies.<ref name="The Princeton Encyclopedia of Self-Determination 1918">{{cite web | title=Legal Aspects of Self-Determination | website=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Self-Determination | date=1918-02-11 | url=https://pesd.princeton.edu/node/511 | access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
How much these rights apply to all people has been a crucial point of discussion. The rights to [[nationality]] and [[self-determination]] allow clarification. The right of self-determination allows [[self-governance]], as for example in the case of [[indigenous peoples]], but is not a right of secession, except in extreme cases of oppression as a remedy from the oppression.<ref name="Shrinkhal 2021 pp. 71–82">{{cite journal | last=Shrinkhal | first=Rashwet | title="Indigenous sovereignty" and right to self-determination in international law: a critical appraisal | journal=AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=17 | issue=1 | year=2021 | issn=1177-1801 | doi=10.1177/1177180121994681 | pages=71–82| s2cid=232264306 | doi-access=free }}</ref> Therefore, the [[Secession#Right to secession|right to secession]] is generally determined by the legislation of [[sovereign state]]s and independence by the capacity to be a state.