Fifty Years of the British Indian Ocean Territory

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Stephen Allen, Chris Monaghan

   Pages 1-7

3. Justifying Bancoult (No 2): Why Justice Hercules Must Sometimes Disappoint Us

   • Stuart Lakin

   Pages 9-41

4. Environmental Protection v the Right of Abode: A Case-Study in the Misuse of Power

   • Adam Tomkins

   Pages 43-54

5. How Public Law Has Not Been Able to Provide the Chagossians with a Remedy

   • Richard Gifford

   Pages 55-84

6. The Subject as a Civic Ghost: Law, Dominion, and Empire in the Chagos Litigation

   • T. T. Arvind

   Pages 85-110

7. An Imperfect Legacy: The Significance of the Bancoult Litigation on the Development of Domestic Constitutional Jurisprudence

   • Chris Monaghan

   Pages 111-145

8. The Chagossians’ Struggle and the Last Bastions of Imperial Constitutionalism

   • C. R. G. Murray, Tom Frost

   Pages 147-174

9. ‘Anachronistic As Colonial Remnants May Be…’ Locating the Rights of the Chagos Islanders As a Case Study of the Operation of Human Rights Law in Colonial Territories

   • Ralph Wilde

   Pages 175-214Open Access

10. The Once and Future King: Sovereignty Over Territory and the Annex VII Tribunal’s Award in Mauritius v United Kingdom

    • Thomas D. Grant

    Pages 215-230

11. The Operation of Estoppel in International Law and the Function of the Lancaster House Undertakings in the Chagos Arbitration Award

    • Stephen Allen

    Pages 231-262

12. Implications of the Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitral Tribunal Award for the Balance Between Natural Environmental Protection and Traditional Maritime Freedoms

    • David M. Ong

    Pages 263-291

13. Learning from Chagos, Lessons for Pitcairn?

    • Sue Farran

    Pages 293-317

14. International Law and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: What Next for the Chagossians

    • Amy Schwebel

    Pages 319-357

15. The Politics of Chagos: Part Played by Parliament and the Courts Towards Resolving the Chagos Tragedy

    • David Snoxell

    Pages 359-381

This book offers a detailed account of the legal issues concerning the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Islands) by leading experts in the field. It examines the broader significance of the ongoing Bancoult litigation in the UK Courts, the Chagos Islanders' petition to the European Court of Human Rights and Mauritius' successful challenge, under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, to the UK government's creation of a Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Archipelago. This book, produced in response to the 50th anniversary of the BIOT's founding, also assesses the impact of the decisions taken in respect of the Territory against a wider background of decolonization while addressing important questions about the lawfulness of maintaining Overseas Territories in the post-colonial era.The chapter ‘Anachronistic As Colonial Remnants May Be...’ - Locating the Rights of the Chagos Islanders As A Case Study of the Operation of Human Rights Law in Colonial Territories is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

• Chagos Islands
• Chagos Archipelago
• UK administration
• British Constitution
• Chagos litigation
• Bancoult litigation
• Colonial Territories
• Mauritius
• British Overseas Territories
• Decolonization
• Climate change management

• Faculty of Law, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

  Stephen Allen

• School of Law, Institute of Humanities, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom

  Chris Monaghan

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