The Charter of the United Nations, the two principal Covenants on human rights, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoplesa and the Declaration on the Right to Developmentb refer to self-determination as a fundamental human right.
1. 《联合国宪章》、关于人权的两项主要盟约，《给予殖民地国家和人民独立宣言》a和《发展权利宣言》b指出，自决是基本人权。