The claim for ‘Khalistan’: Legality under international law

Under international law, territorial integrity is the rule and secession is an exception, and the latter may be regarded as legal only when the dual thresholds of gross human rights abuse and lack of internal self-determination are met. 
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Pratik Patnaik

Pratik Patnaik is a lawyer based in New Delhi and a constitutionalist.

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