The World Court on Monday told Britain to give up control over the Chagos Island...
THE HAGUE - The World Court on Monday told Britain to give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, and said it had wrongfully forced the population to leave in the 1970s to make way for a U.S. air base.
In a non-binding advisory opinion, the top United Nations court for inter-state disputes said Britain had acted unlawfully in the decolonization process and should relinquish control over the islands, which it calls the British Indian Ocean Territory. The case at the International Court of Justice , as the World Court is officially known, is seen as a test of the legitimacy of deals struck between great powers and small states at the end of the colonial era.
The U.N. General Assembly asked the court in February 2017 to advise on whether the process of decolonization had been concluded lawfully. By 13 votes to one, the judges backed the decision, which is not binding but carries weight under international law.
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