Editing Self-determination (section)

=== Indigenous peoples ===
[[File:Indigenous march right to self-determination.jpg|thumb|262x262px|[[Lumad]]s in [[Davao City]] marching for the right to self-determination as part of the [[human rights in Philippines]] in 2008]]
[[Indigenous peoples]] have claimed through the 2007 [[Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]] the term peoples, and gaining with it the right to self-determination. Though it was also established that it is merely a right within existing [[sovereign state]]s, after all peoples also need territory and a central government to reach [[sovereignty]] in international politics.<ref>See the following:
* {{Cite book|title=International law|url=https://archive.org/details/internationallaw00shaw_380|url-access=limited|first1=Malcolm Nathan|last1=Shaw|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/internationallaw00shaw_380/page/n320 178]|quote=Article 1 of the [[Montevideo Convention]] on Rights and Duties of States, 1 lays down the most widely accepted formulation of the criteria of statehood in international law. It note that the state as an international person should possess the following qualifications: '(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with other states'}}
* {{Cite book|title=Perspectives on international law|editor1-first=Nandasiri|editor1-last=Jasentuliyana|publisher=Kluwer Law International|year=1995|page=20|quote=So far as States are concerned, the traditional definitions provided for in the Montevideo Convention remain generally accepted.}}</ref>