Toward the Global Liberation of All Nations and Peoples

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All peoples possess an inherent right to self-determination, enabling them to freely determine their political status and pursue economic, social, and cultural development, as enshrined in foundational international human rights covenants. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Steven Newcomb

doi:10.17613/0ca6c-3ts42

August 24, 2026Open Access

Toward the Global Liberation of All Nations and Peoples

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To examine the foundational legal codification of the right of self-determination across primary international human rights treaties.
Comparative textual analysis of Article 1 in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Article 1 of both the ICCPR and the ICESCR establishes identical protections stating that all peoples have the right to freely determine their political status.
Both treaties uniformly guarantee the right of all peoples to freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development.

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Legal analysis reviews the universal right to self-determination across core international human rights covenants, highlighting its role in global sovereignty.

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Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) reads: "All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development." This exact language is also found in article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

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