DECLARATION OF JUDGE IWASAWA
Right of peoples to self-determination  Free and genuine expression of the will of the people concerned  Principle of territorial integrity  Discretion to give an advisory opinion  Principle of consent in judicial settlement.

DECLARATION OF JUDGE SALAM
Agreement with the operative part of the Opinion  Broad agreement with the reasoning of the Court  Binding nature of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) as a result of its endorsement by Security Council resolutions  Question of the possibility of compensation for the Chagossians.
1. Although I voted in favour of all the subparagraphs of the operative part of the present Advisory Opinion and essentially concur with the Court’s reasoning, I consider it necessary to clarify certain points that should have been addressed by the Court.

DECLARATION OF JUDGE GEVORGIAN
The present Opinion makes an important contribution to the law of decolonization and to the Court’s advisory function  The unnecessary statement of responsibility made in paragraph 177 blurs the distinction between the Court’s advisory and contentious jurisdiction.