This legal paper by Annette Culley for the Federal republic of West Papua office in Docklands (Victoria, Australia) affirms that States have a responsibility to protect all those within their territory; that third States have a right and obligation to complain of wrongful acts committed by a sovereign State; and finally, that sovereignty comes under question where a people within a sovereign state are subject to alien subjugation or serious violations of their human rights. This 24,000-word publication (100 x A5 pages) is downloadable (below) and can be quoted providing that the usual creditations are incorporated.
This new publication, 'WEST PAPUA: Decolonization, Boundaries and Self Determination' by Annette Culley, traces the shift in international law during the twentieth century from states' rights to people's rights, and how the norms of jus cogens (rules that cannot be derogated from) have broadened to include self-determination, genocide, slavery, torture, murder and the disappearance of individuals. It brings together all the UN resolutions, and principles, and rules that have been applied, or ignored, in the case of West Papua’s occupation, and analyses the relationship between occupied West Papua and international law. The booklet (160 x A5 pages) can be downloaded and printed, and can be quoted with the usual creditations.
