SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ROBINSON
Right to self-determination under customary international law  Importance of pre-1960
General Assembly resolutions in the development of the right to self-determination as a rule of
customary international law  Role of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples (resolution 1514 (XV)) in the development of the right to
self-determination as a rule of customary international law  Whether purported consent to the

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SEBUTINDE

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE GAJA
Decolonization of a non-self-governing territory  Principle of territorial integrity  Role of the General Assembly in determining how decolonization should be effected  Principle of self-determination.

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE DONOGHUE
There are compelling reasons for the Court to exercise its discretion not to render Advisory Opinion — Advisory Opinion has effect of circumventing absence of United Kingdom consent to judicial settlement of dispute with Mauritius regarding sovereignty over Chagos Archipelago.

JOINT DECLARATION OF JUDGES CANÇADO TRINDADE AND ROBINSON

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE CANÇADO TRINDADE
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Paragraphs
I. Prolegomena. .................................................................................................................................. 1
II. The Long-Standing United Nations Acknowledgment of, and Commitment to, the Fundamental Right to Self-Determination of Peoples. ................................................................. 6
1. U.N. General Assembly Resolutions along the Fifties. ............................................................. 9

DECLARATION OF JUDGE ABRAHAM
[Translation]
I have some reservations about how the Advisory Opinion deals with the principle of
“territorial integrity” in the context of the decolonization process. This question is addressed in
paragraphs 153 to 160 of the Advisory Opinion. The Court’s discussion of it is, in my view,
somewhat ambiguous. For this reason, I wish to set out below my opinion on this subject.
I agree, in principle, with the idea that respect for the territorial integrity of a non-selfgoverning

DECLARATION OF JUDGE TOMKA

DECLARATION OF VICE-PRESIDENT XUE
1. While I am in full agreement with the Advisory Opinion of the Court, I wish to highlight some aspects with regard to the application of the non-circumvention principle in this advisory opinion case.