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in 1972 that there were 426 Ilois families numbering 1,151 individuals who left the Chagos for
Mauritius voluntarily or involuntarily between 1965 and 1973. In 1977, the Mauritian government independently listed a total of 557 families totaling 2,323 people — 1,068 adults and 1,255 children — a number that included families that had left voluntarily before the creation of the BIOT and never returned to the Chagos. The number reported by the Mauritian government in 1978 to have received compensation was 2,365, consisting of 1,081 adults and 1,284 minor children. The Mauritian Government's Ilois Trust Fund Board certified 1,579 individuals as Ilois in 1982.
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regard to international law, including obligations reflected in
General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 2066 (XX) of 16 December 1965, 2232 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and 2357 (XXII) of 19 December 1967?; (b) What are the consequences under international law, including obligations reflected in the above-mentioned resolutions, arising from the continued administration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the Chagos Archipelago, including with respect to the inability of Mauritius to implement a programme for the resettlement on the Chagos Archipelago of its nationals, in particular those of Chagossian origin?"
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citizen has been accepted by approximately 1,000 individuals now living in the United
Kingdom. Today, the United States understands that the United Kingdom remains actively engaged with the Chagossian community. Senior officials from the United Kingdom continue to meet with Chagossian leaders; community trips to the Chagos Archipelago are organized and paid for by the United Kingdom; and the United Kingdom provides support for community projects within the United Kingdom and Mauritius, to include a resource center in Mauritius. The United States supports these efforts and the United Kingdom's continued engagement with the Chagossian Community.
761:, specifically: Article 3 – The prohibition against degrading treatment; Article 6 – The right to a fair trial; Article 8 – The right to privacy in one's home; Article 13 – The right to obtain remedy before national courts, and; Protocol 1, Article 1 – The right to peaceful enjoyment of one's possessions. On 11 December 2012, the court rejected on the Application's request for a trial ruling that the B.I.O.T. did not come under the jurisdiction of the ECtHR, and that in any event, all claims had previously been raised and settled in the proper national, that is British, courts.
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establishment of a marine park – the world's largest – would in no way impinge on USG use of the BIOT, including Diego Garcia, for military purposes. He agreed that the UK and U.S. should carefully negotiate the details of the marine reserve to assure that U.S. interests were safeguarded and the strategic value of BIOT was upheld. He said that the BIOT's former inhabitants would find it difficult, if not impossible, to pursue their claim for resettlement on the islands if the entire Chagos
Archipelago were a marine reserve.
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any permanent inhabitants will imply that there is a population whose democratic rights will have to be safeguarded and which will therefore be deemed by the UN to come within its purlieu. The solution proposed is to issue them with documents making it clear that they are "belongers" of
Mauritius and the Seychelles and only temporary residents of BIOT. This devise, although rather transparent, would at least give us a defensible position to take up at the UN.
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Statute is silent in regard to violations which are committed prior to the entry into force of the Statute and continued afterwards. It is submitted that references in future cases to acts pre-dating the entry into force of the Statute may be useful in establishing the historical context but they may not be form the basis of a charge.
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December 2001, three Chagossians, Olivier Bancoult, Marie Therese Mein, and Marie Isabelle France-Charlot sued the US government for being expelled from the islands and transferred against their will to another location. The lawsuit accused the United States of "trespass, intentional infliction of
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All but 12 of the 1,579 Chagossians eligible to receive compensation at the time signed the documents. The document also contained provisions for those that could not write, by allowing the impression of an inked thumbprint to ratify the document. However, some illiterate islanders say that they were
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Seychelles received a severance pay equal to their remaining contract term. Those sent to Mauritius were to receive a cash settlement from the British Government distributed through the Mauritian Government. However, the Mauritian Government did not distribute this settlement until
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In the latter half of the 20th century, there were thus three major strands to the population — Mauritian and
Seychelles contract workers (including management), and the Ilois. There is no agreement as to the numbers of Ilois living in the BIOT prior to 1971. However, the UK and Mauritius agreed
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forever banning the islanders from returning home, to override the effect of the 2000 court decision. As of May 2010, some of the Chagossians were still making return plans to turn Diego Garcia into a sugarcane and fishing enterprise as soon as the defence agreement expired (which some thought would
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granted the islanders the right to return to the Archipelago. However, they were not actually allowed to return, and in 2002 the islanders and their descendants, now numbering 4,500, returned to court claiming compensation, after what they said were two years of delays by the British Foreign Office.
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On 25 February 2019, the International Court of Justice delivered an advisory opinion on the questions: "(a) Was the process of decolonization of Mauritius lawfully completed when Mauritius was granted independence in 1968, following the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and having
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The Colonial Office is at present considering the line to be taken in dealing with the existing inhabitants of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). They wish to avoid using the phrase "permanent inhabitants" in relation to any of the islands in the territory because to recognise that there are
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attorney, petitioned the government of Mauritius to distribute the ÂŁ650,000 compensation provided in 1972 by the British government. It was not distributed until 1977. Various petitions and lawsuits have been ongoing since then, but have not had much effect due to the repeated refusal of the USA and
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By 15 October 1971, the Chagossians on Diego Garcia had all been removed to the Peros Banhos and Salomon plantations on ships chartered from Mauritius and the Seychelles. In November 1972 the plantation on Salomon atoll was evacuated, with the population allowed to choose to be taken either to the
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In April 1967, the BIOT Administration bought out Chagos-Agalega for ÂŁ600,000, thus becoming the sole property owner in the BIOT. The Crown immediately leased back the properties to Chagos-Agalega, but the company terminated the lease at the end of 1967, after which the BIOT assigned management of
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for distribution. The Mauritian government, however, withheld the money until 1978. In response to litigation by islanders, the British Government contributed an additional ÂŁ4 million, which was again turned over to the Mauritian Government, which distributed it in a series of disbursements
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which then owned the entire Chagos Archipelago, except for six acres at the mouth of the Diego Garcia lagoon. Thus, at no time did anyone living on the islands actually own a piece of real property there. Even the resident managers of the plantations were simply employees of absentee landlords.
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released in 2010, in a calculated move in 2009 to prevent re-settlement of the BIOT by native Chagossians, the UK proposed that the BIOT become a "marine reserve" with the aim of preventing the former inhabitants from returning to their lands. The summary of the diplomatic cable is as follows:
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at least every two years, but the distance from the nearest colonial headquarters (on Mauritius) meant few visits by officials, and that meant that these contract workers often stayed for decades between the visits of the Magistrate, and there is little doubt that some remained for a lifetime.
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The Court delivered its opinion that "the process of decolonization of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country acceded to independence" and that "the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible."
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to decide in 2003 that the UK government ultimately decided to depopulate the entire Chagos to avoid scrutiny by the U.N.'s Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, known as the
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I told the inhabitants that we intended to close the island in July. A few of them asked whether they could receive some compensation for leaving 'their own country.' I kicked this into touch by saying that our intention was to cause as little disruption to their lives as possible.
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as Mauritius had legally binding rights to fish in the waters surrounding the Chagos Archipelago, to an eventual return of the Chagos Archipelago, and to the preservation of any minerals or oil discovered in or near the Chagos Archipelago prior to its return.
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if it is "committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack". However, the ICC is not retrospective; alleged crimes committed before 1 July 2002 cannot be judged by the ICC.
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or Chagos Islanders. With no other work to be had, and all the islands granted by the Governor of Mauritius to the plantation owners, life continued for the Chagossians as before, with European managers and Ilois workers and their families.
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of the Chagossians. We cannot let others die without the opportunity to return home and obtain redress. The United States should provide relief to the Chagossians in the form of resettlement to the outer Chagos islands, employment, and
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recommended to the UK Government in October 1964 to detach the Chagos from Mauritius. In January 1965, the U.S. Embassy in London formally requested the detachment of the Chagos as well. On 8 November, 1965 the UK created the
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pensioners and the disabled to remain in the islands and continue to receive rations in exchange for light work, children after the age of 12 were required to work. In 1964, only 3 of a population of 963 were unemployed.
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issued an advisory opinion stating that the United Kingdom did not have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands and that the administration of the archipelago should be handed over "as rapidly as possible" to Mauritius. The
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from the area within six months. The resolution was passed by a recorded vote of 116 in favour, to 6 against (Australia, Hungary, Israel, Maldives, United Kingdom, United States), with 56 abstentions.
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Seychelles or Mauritius. On 26 May 1973 the plantation on Peros Banhos atoll was closed and the last of the islanders sent to Seychelles or Mauritius, according to their choice.
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911:(ICJ) in order to clarify the legal status of the Chagos Islands archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The motion was approved by a majority vote with 94 voting for and 15 against.
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wrote and published an article titled "Islanders Were Evicted for U.S. Base" which related the plight of the Chagossians in detail. This prompted two U.S.
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rejected an Application for Trial in 2012 stating that no right of petition exists for residents of the British Indian Ocean Territory before that court.
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in 1834, and the colonial administration of the Seychelles (which administered the Chagos at the time) followed suit in 1835, with the former slaves "
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the Diego Garcia population. Relatives who travelled to Mauritius to seek their missing family members also found themselves unable to return.
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the plantations to the former managers of Chagos-Agalega, who had incorporated in the Seychelles as Moulinie and Company, Limited.
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in 1968, concluding its forced deportations on 27 April 1973 with the expulsion of the remaining Chagossians on the
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of the order, the British government bought all the plantations of the Chagos archipelago for ÂŁ660,000 from the
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happen as early as 2016). A few dozen other Chagossians were still fighting to be housed in the
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and have not been allowed to return home. The recent passing of the oldest member of the
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1959:"Chagossians-the original inhabitants of Diego Garcia face U.S. government in the court"
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1773:"Diego Garcia, 1975: The Debate Over the Base and the Island's Former Inhabitants"
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whose origins are obscure, and who are being hopefully wished on to Mauritius etc.
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England and Wales High Court, Case No: CO/4093/2004, 2006, Handed Down Judgment
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As of January 2020, the UK has refused to abide by the ICJ's advisory opinion.
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In 2005, 1,786 Chagossians made Application for a Trial of the issues with the
531:(MPA) was declared to cover the waters around the Chagos Archipelago. However,
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United States and Britain in Diego Garcia – The Future of a Controversial Base
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Ottaway, David B. (9 September 1975). "Islanders Were Evicted for U.S. Base".
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European Court of Human Rights, Fourth Section, Decision, Application 35622/04
1173:"Chagos Islands dispute: UK accused of 'crimes against humanity' by Mauritius"
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2054:"Britain shamed as exiles of the Chagos Islands win the right to go home"
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184:) but local administrations in Indian Ocean hindered its implementation.
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1672:"U.N. Asks International Court to Weigh in on Britain-Mauritius Dispute"
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peoples. The French Government abolished slavery on 4 February 1794 (16
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in protest at the treatment of the islanders and to take the UK to the
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society developed. Over the decades, Mauritian, Seychellois, Chinese,
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Thank you for taking the time to raise this important issue with us.
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via Mauritius. Thus, the original Chagossians were a mixture of the
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Archive of "Let Them Return", The Chagos People's Homeland Campaign
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Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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ruled that the Chagos Marine Protected Area was illegal under the
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potential base, and sought an unpopulated territory, to avoid the
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2334:"Chagos islanders cannot return home, UK Foreign Office confirms"
2303:"The U.S. Government Must Redress Wrongs Against the Chagossians"
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Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
618:
3469:
190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident
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JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Ltd.
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1647:. Permanent Court of Arbitration. 19 March 2015. Archived from
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The U.S. Government Must Redress Wrongs Against the Chagossians
1838:"Rajni Lallah on Women in Chagos & Diego Garcia Struggles"
864:
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
255:
3096:
Convention Between the United States and Great Britain (1930)
1620:"UN ruling raises hope of return for exiled Chagos islanders"
3223:
1993 United Kingdom–United States Maritime Boundary Treaties
1993:
Asser Institute - Center for International and European Law
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Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
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Forced relocation of the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands
2245:"Chagos islanders cannot return home, says Supreme Court"
1455:"Pilger reveals: British-US conspiracy to steal a nation"
1346:
England's Colonial Empire: Mauritius and its Dependencies
722:
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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told the Chagossians that they would be forced to leave.
3308:
United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom
2392:"Chagos Islands dispute: UK obliged to end control - UN"
2227:"Britain wins appeal over Chagos islanders' return home"
4039:
The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World
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Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic
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Chagos: A History, Exploration, Exploitation, Expulsion
1693:"Chagos legal status sent to international court by UN"
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population underscores the urgent need to improve the
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Those workers born in the Chagos were referred to as
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Allied technological cooperation during World War II
2007:"Developments in the British Indian Ocean Territory"
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Chagos Archipelagos timeline (October 2005 archive)
1946:
Chagos Islanders v The Attorney General and another
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Mauritius says may leave Commonwealth in Chagos row
294:requirements and the resulting political issues of
4026:18th-century American piracy of British literature
800:in the United States to consider the Chagos case.
47:Location of Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean
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2274:"HMG FLOATS PROPOSAL FOR MARINE RESERVE COVERING"
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68:atoll. The inhabitants, known at the time as the
2929:United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
2105:"Abuse of executive power over Chagos Islanders"
700:On 10 June 2004 the British government made two
513:Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
4078:Category:United Kingdom–United States relations
2879:Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.
1603:
1599:Commentary Rome Statute: Part 2, Articles 11–21
1202:. Chippenham (UK): Antony Rowe Ltd. p. 32.
876:
874:). The non-committal response read as follows:
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3474:Detention of U.S. and UK diplomats in Zimbabwe
3198:United Nations Security Council Resolution 135
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810:For generations, the Chagossians lived on the
648:renouncing any right of return to the island.
640:In 1978, at Bain Des Dames in Port Louis, six
385:(later Lord Greenhill of Harrow) wrote to the
87:as a result of the 1966 agreement between the
3839:United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)
3729:British contribution to the Manhattan Project
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3739:British nuclear testing in the United States
406:Another internal Colonial Office memo read:
3643:Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom
2080:"Bancoult, Olivier vs. McNamara, Robert S."
1986:"Deportation/exile of the Chagos Islanders"
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2009:. Fco.gov.uk. 15 June 2004. Archived from
1200:Peak of Limuria: the story of Diego Garcia
156:A Chagossian man harvesting coconuts, 1971
3827:United Kingdom and the American Civil War
3586:International Maritime Security Construct
3281:United States Declaration of Independence
2921:Consulate of the United States, Liverpool
1789:
1744:
1618:Owen Bowcott; Sam Jones (19 March 2015).
106:, and that additional compensation and a
60:, began expelling the inhabitants of the
4016:Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
3759:Combined Production and Resources Board
2939:Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
2684:Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands Council
1687:
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1533:A Brief History of the Ilois Experience
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4208:United Kingdom–United States relations
4168:Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
3904:British International School of Boston
3854:Cayman Islands–United States relations
3844:American studies in the United Kingdom
3665:United States Naval Facility, Barbados
2858:United Kingdom–United States relations
2607:Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
2229:. AFP. 22 October 2008. Archived from
1984:Bancoult, Olivier (20 December 2001).
952:Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
684:The headquarters of BIOT police (2005)
126:beyond limited monetary compensation.
3924:Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
3106:U.S.–British Staff Conference (ABC–1)
2503:. London: Chagos Conservation Trust.
2499:Wenban-Smith, N.; Carter, M. (2016).
1808:. Penguin Books Limited. p. 73.
1348:. Smith, Elder & Co. p. 403.
1007:Journal of International Human Rights
7:
3754:Combined Munitions Assignments Board
3552:CIA activities in the United Kingdom
3499:The United States of America v Nolan
3255:British-American Parliamentary Group
2894:Embassy of the United States, London
2370:Bengali, Shashank (14 August 2018).
2151:"Chagos families making visit home'"
1457:. Green Left Weekly. 3 November 2004
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1402:[2006] EWHC 1038 (Admin)
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879:raised by the Chagossian community.
3516:Trump Tower wiretapping allegations
3183:Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
2457:Evers, Sandra; Kooy, Marry (2011).
1321:[2000] EWHC 413 (Admin)
1220:"Slavery in the Chagos Archipelago"
1033:"The Chagos Islands: A sordid tale"
759:European Convention on Human Rights
748:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
4198:Mauritius–United Kingdom relations
3919:Friends of Ireland (U.S. Congress)
3769:Combined Shipping Adjustment Board
3697:Diplomatic history of World War II
3638:Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
3245:Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
3158:Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement
2332:Bowcott, Owen (16 November 2016).
2123:"Chagos families win legal battle"
2025:"Exiles protest in Downing Street"
730:United States Secretary of Defense
270:troops stationed on the island in
14:
4203:Mauritius–United States relations
3442:Scottish Court in the Netherlands
3059:Anglo-French Financial Commission
3007:Shanghai International Settlement
2916:British Consulate-General, Boston
2351:Sengupta, Somini (22 June 2017).
2199:"Chagos exiles ruling overturned"
1865:BrandFour Design Communications.
1836:Lallah, Rajni (2 November 2010).
1775:. 4 November 1975. Archived from
1670:Sengupta, Somini (22 June 2017).
1294:[2003] EWHC 2222 (QB)
848:United States Department of State
511:According to Article 7(d) of the
4183:Forcibly depopulated communities
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3889:American Ambulance Great Britain
3479:Release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
3459:British Guantanamo Bay detainees
3343:Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident
3228:UK–US extradition treaty of 2003
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2484:. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
2427:Doward, Jamie (5 January 2020).
1889:"President's threat over Chagos"
915:2018–2019 ICJ hearing and ruling
28:
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4163:1973 in international relations
4158:1972 in international relations
4153:1971 in international relations
4148:1970 in international relations
4143:1969 in international relations
4138:1968 in international relations
4046:Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?
3849:Bermuda–United States relations
3734:British hydrogen bomb programme
2556:http://chagosrefugeesgroup.org/
1218:Taylor, Donald (January 2000).
1060:Pilger, John (1 October 2004).
905:United Nations General Assembly
843:under its policy at that time.
588:The Mauritian opposition party
549:United Nations General Assembly
464:Removal of the last inhabitants
426:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
136:United Nations General Assembly
74:Chagos Islanders or Chagossians
3717:British Security Co-ordination
3193:US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
3054:Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909
2889:British Ambassador's residence
2617:British Indian Ocean Territory
2551:http://www.letusreturnusa.org/
2272:Embassy London (15 May 2009).
909:International Court of Justice
803:The petition read as follows:
755:European Court of Human Rights
665:International Court of Justice
553:International Court of Justice
537:Permanent Court of Arbitration
506:European Court of Human Rights
499:International Court of Justice
316:British Indian Ocean Territory
131:International Court of Justice
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3537:2024 missile strikes in Yemen
2694:UK Chagos Support Association
2052:Tweedie, Neil (12 May 2006).
1229:. No. 14. Archived from
655:In 2007, Mauritian President
3764:Combined Raw Materials Board
3562:Expulsion of the Chagossians
3136:Washington Conference (1943)
3126:Second Washington Conference
3017:Halifax Fisheries Commission
2669:Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate
2622:Chagos Marine Protected Area
2612:Expulsion of the Chagossians
796:website in order to ask the
590:Mouvement Militant Mauricien
529:Chagos Marine Protected Area
517:International Criminal Court
387:British Delegation at the UN
305:As a direct result of these
258:, and a relatively distinct
4133:1970s in the British Empire
4128:1960s in the British Empire
3799:Tripartite Naval Commission
3789:Four Power Naval Commission
3079:Washington Naval Conference
3012:Treaty of Washington (1871)
3002:Lyons–Seward Treaty of 1862
2276:. WikiLeaks. Archived from
750:, again by a 3–2 majority.
4226:
4188:People exiled to Mauritius
3909:British War Relief Society
3613:Operation Vigilant Warrior
3547:British Defence Staff – US
3494:FTC v. Balls of Kryptonite
3286:American Revolutionary War
2521:, International Relations.
1001:Nauvel, Christian (2007).
595:In 1975, David Ottaway of
207:), adding a population of
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3934:Mont Tremblant Conference
3596:Bush–Blair 2003 Iraq memo
3415:Venezuelan crisis of 1895
3303:Chesapeake–Leopard affair
3101:Destroyers-for-bases deal
3074:Conference of Ambassadors
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2085:. Pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov
1344:Pridham, Charles (1846).
3899:British-American Project
3464:Dixie Chicks controversy
3173:Moscow Conference (1945)
3163:Second Quebec Conference
2987:Webster–Ashburton Treaty
2539:, a 2004 documentary by
1963:www.culturalsurvival.org
771:leaked diplomatic cables
659:threatened to leave the
603:Congressional committees
56:, at the request of the
3944:UK Fulbright Commission
3914:Cambridge–MIT Institute
3879:North Atlantic triangle
3864:Second British Invasion
3489:Death of Linda Norgrove
3425:Hindu–German Conspiracy
3420:Alaska boundary dispute
3378:Bombardment of Greytown
3353:Oregon boundary dispute
3260:Friends of Wales Caucus
3208:Polaris Sales Agreement
3168:Malta Conference (1945)
3141:First Quebec Conference
3089:Washington Naval Treaty
3039:Olney–Pauncefote Treaty
3024:Treaty of Berlin (1889)
2925:Northern Ireland Bureau
2899:Macdonald House, London
2775:Chagos advisory opinion
2478:Sand, Peter H. (2009).
1802:Winchester, S. (2003).
1296: (9 October 2003),
841:Office of the President
765:Diplomatic cables leaks
671:Developments since 2000
661:Commonwealth of Nations
580:between 1982 and 1987.
218:The British Government
211:slaves into the Chagos
3784:Four-Power Authorities
3029:Bering Sea Arbitration
2957:Treaty of Paris (1783)
2659:Louis Olivier Bancoult
2111:. London. 31 May 2007.
1842:www.lalitmauritius.org
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1198:Edis, Richard (2004).
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521:crime against humanity
515:which established the
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309:concerns, the British
300:anti-Western sentiment
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3954:Apollo (cable system)
3218:Guadeloupe Conference
3064:Migratory Bird Treaty
3049:Hay–Pauncefote Treaty
3044:Tripartite Convention
2997:Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
2967:Monroe–Pinkney Treaty
2739:Chagos Islanders v UK
2647:Key groups and people
2013:on 27 September 2007.
1790:Evers & Kooy 2011
1745:Evers & Kooy 2011
903:On 23 June 2017, the
732:, was dismissed as a
683:
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559:by the UNGA in 2019.
547:On 23 June 2017, the
527:On 1 April 2010, the
475:A memorandum states:
422:Governor of Mauritius
360:
324:High Court of Justice
195:to the Chagos to the
155:
72:, are today known as
3939:Royal Oak Foundation
3929:Marshall Scholarship
3817:Special Relationship
3628:RAF Ascension Island
3608:Operation Sky Shield
3250:New Atlantic Charter
3233:Extradition Act 2003
3213:Bermuda II Agreement
2721:Bancoult v. McNamara
2689:Chagos Refugee Group
2517:Welz, Martin (2022)
2313:on 23 September 2011
2233:on 20 December 2008.
1578:. Hudoc.echr.coe.int
1404: (11 May 2006),
927:2019 UNGA resolution
718:Bancoult v. McNamara
657:Sir Anerood Jugnauth
577:Mauritian government
457:Sir Bruce Greatbatch
189:1814 Treaty of Paris
93:American governments
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4053:Letter from America
3894:The Atlantic Bridge
3749:Combined Food Board
3680:Supreme War Council
3603:Montreal Laboratory
3521:Death of Harry Dunn
3338:Embargo Act of 1807
3276:American Revolution
3188:Anglo-American loan
3153:Moscow Declarations
3034:Great Rapprochement
2398:. 25 February 2019.
2058:The Daily Telegraph
1867:"Stealing A Nation"
1759:The Washington Post
1576:, 20 December 2012"
1476:Bengali, Shashank.
1300:(England and Wales)
1236:on 19 January 2012.
1062:"Paradise cleansed"
720:, an action in the
608:In September 1975,
598:The Washington Post
4193:National questions
3530:Military relations
3509:Christopher Steele
3131:Bermuda Conference
3121:Arcadia Conference
2357:The New York Times
2280:on 2 December 2010
2159:. 29 February 2008
1676:The New York Times
1406:High Court (Admin)
1179:. 27 December 2019
812:Chagos Archipelago
737:political question
690:British High Court
686:
676:Legal developments
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370:
353:Forced deportation
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97:unpopulated island
62:Chagos Archipelago
4123:1973 in Mauritius
4118:1972 in Mauritius
4113:1971 in Mauritius
4108:1970 in Mauritius
4103:1969 in Mauritius
4098:1968 in Mauritius
4085:
4084:
3722:Alexander Halpern
3437:Pan Am Flight 103
3395:Chesapeake Affair
3178:Bermuda Agreement
3084:Four-Power Treaty
2977:Rush–Bagot Treaty
2817:
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2808:Stealing a Nation
2801:Diego l'interdite
2664:Allen Vincatassin
2537:Stealing a Nation
2510:978-0-9954596-0-1
2470:978-90-04-20441-6
2377:Los Angeles Times
2207:. 22 October 2008
2033:. 3 November 2004
1965:. 8 February 2002
1815:978-0-14-101189-9
1482:Los Angeles Times
1334:, pp. 39–40)
1041:. 3 November 2000
967:Diaspora politics
962:Right to homeland
946:Stealing a Nation
868:Andrew J. Shapiro
850:, in the name of
784:Internet petition
706:Royal Prerogative
702:Orders in Council
493:International law
470:John Rawling Todd
220:abolished slavery
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4178:Forced migration
4173:Ethnic cleansing
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3869:Fountain of Time
3859:British Invasion
3832:Cotton diplomacy
3794:Operation Bolero
3692:European theatre
3410:Murchison letter
3203:Nassau Agreement
3146:Quebec Agreement
3116:Atlantic Charter
2872:Diplomatic posts
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