Bangsamoro Right To Self Determination

The right to self-determination is the right of peoples everywhere to freely determine their political status, and to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. The right to self-determination has political, economic, social and cultural aspects. For this right to be fully effective, the realization of the political, economic, social and cultural sovereignty of peoples is crucial. Self-determination is a continuing process where people continue to make choices to achieve human security and to fulfill human needs. The right of peoples to self-determination is enshrined in many United Nations instruments, among which are: (1)Article 55 of the United Nations charter, which provides that the world body shall create “conditions

They qualify as people who hold the right to self-determination, because they have a common historical tradition and religious affinity and share many cultural practices. They occupy contiguous territory (maritime societies are connected by the sea) with rich natural resources. Before the arrival of the Spanish colonialists, the Bangsamoro were already in the process of state formation, while Luzon and the Visayas were still in the barangay

The indigenous human rights to life and self-determination is valiantly defended by the early Moro leaders, chieftains, datus, Sultans, and every Moro freedom fighters in their generations. The American soldiers attested to the ferociousness of the Moro warriors in the battlefield. In continuing the struggle, Maradeka emerged as non-violent political organization as an alternative to armed struggle mounted by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) during their secessionist campaign beginning in 1968 and sustained by its breakaway groups, namely: MNLF Reformist Group led by Kumander Dimas Pundato and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) led by late Ustadz Salamat Hashim in war for self-rule in Mindanao, the largest southern islands of the Philippines. However, a principle of international law known as uti possidetis juris supports this result. In the interest of international stability, the colonial boundaries of emerging states are deemed protected. To grant every ethnic group the right of independence will result in the emergence of an enormous number of states in the international community, which will be intolerable. Uti possidetis is in accord with the principle of state sovereignty. As a rule, territorial integrity prevails where self-determination has the effect of altering the boundaries of the state in which the group