Self-determination

Self-determination is the right of the individual to choose one’s own acts.

The expression was first used during the years of the feminist movement, to identify the right of each individual to choose in matters regarding sexuality and reproduction.

In politics, self-determination is the freedom of the people of a territory or national group to determine their own political status and how they will be governed, providing for their economic, social and cultural development.

Defenders - Self-Determination

1991: Raji Sourani

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1997: Sezgin Tanrikulu

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