In the Palestinian context, the application of the principle of uti possidetis juris
would support the transfer of the borders of Mandatory Palestine, as the latest
recognized colonial administrative borders, to the newly independent state of
Palestine, at the expiration of the British Mandate in 1948, which serves as the
latest recognized legal title. It is also consistent with the ultimate purpose of the
League of Nations’ mandate system: to eventually achieve the independence and
self-determination of peoples under the trusteeship system.
Through decolonization and dismantling the Israeli colonial-apartheid regime
within the borders of Mandatory Palestine, all Palestinians are enabled to be
included in the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
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