{"id":2163,"date":"2024-09-06T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2024-09-06T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:50:48","slug":"international-recognition-of-the-kabyle-people-a-step-toward-self-determination-or-the-beginning-of-a-new-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/international-recognition-of-the-kabyle-people-a-step-toward-self-determination-or-the-beginning-of-a-new-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"International Recognition of the Kabyle People: A Step Toward Self-Determination or the Beginning of a New Crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>British Court Issues Legal Opinion Recognizing the &#8220;Kabyle People&#8221; and Their Right to Self-Determination<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The President of the Kabyle Government in Exile, Ferhat Mehenni, announced in a speech broadcast from Paris last Thursday that the British &#8220;Brick Court&#8221; in London has issued a legal opinion recognizing the existence of the Kabyle people as a distinct people and affirming their right to self-determination, potentially opening the door to &#8220;independence&#8221; from Algeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">COMMUNIQU\u00c9 DU PREMIER MINISTRE DU GOUVERNEMENT KABYLE EN EXIL<\/p>\n<p>AVIS JURIDIQUE EN FAVEUR DU DROIT \u00c0 L&#39;AUTOD\u00c9TERMINATION  DU PEUPLE KABYLE <\/p>\n<p>Hier, jeudi 5 septembre 2024, est un tournant d\u00e9cisif pour la Kabylie. Comme l&#39;a annonc\u00e9 le Pr\u00e9sident Ferhat Mehenni, c&#39;est avec beaucoup\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WiYzFyEtJE\">pic.twitter.com\/WiYzFyEtJE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bellabbaci Aksel (@ABellabbaci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABellabbaci\/status\/1831967678468129049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to the court&#8217;s opinion, as reported by Aksel Belabbasi, a leader of the &#8220;Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia&#8221; (MAK) and a former prisoner of the Algerian authorities, the British judiciary received a request for consultation from the movement on &#8220;whether the Kabyle people have the right to self-determination.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644<\/a> : \u0623\u0635\u062f\u0631\u062a \u0645\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629 \u0628\u0631\u064a\u0643 \u0643\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0644\u0646\u062f\u0646 \u0631\u0623\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0641 \u0628\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0643\u0634\u0639\u0628 \u0648\u0628\u062d\u0642\u0647\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645 4 \u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0642\u062f \u0642\u0627\u0645\u062a \u0628\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0648\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0627\u0678\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0641\u06cc \u0648\u0639\u0644\u06cc \u0631\u0623\u0633\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0678\u064a\u0633 \u0641\u0631\u062d\u0627\u062a \u0645\u0647\u0646\u064a \u0641\u064a \u062e\u0637\u0627\u0628 \u0623\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647 \u064a\u0648\u0645 5 \u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 2024\u060c \u0628\u0639\u062f\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u062d\u0635\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u06cc \u0627\u0644\u0648\u062b\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a\u0629\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iIvOY8K13J\">pic.twitter.com\/iIvOY8K13J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bellabbaci Aksel (@ABellabbaci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABellabbaci\/status\/1832001432456765562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The court&#8217;s opinion states that two key questions must be addressed to determine whether the Kabyle people have the right to self-determination. The first question is whether the Kabyles constitute a people, as the right to self-determination is granted exclusively to peoples. The opinion concludes, &#8220;In our view, they do constitute a people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0644\u0641 \u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0627\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0642\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0623\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u062a\u0635\u0641\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u062a\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629\u060c \u0645\u0633\u0623\u0644\u0629 \u0648\u0642\u062a \u0641\u0642\u0637.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u064a \u0628\u062d\u0642 \u0634\u0639\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0635\u064a\u0631\u0647.<br \/>\u0644\u0646\u062f\u0646\u060c 4 \u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 2024 \u23af \u0641\u064a \u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u064a\u060c \u0643\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0646 \u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628<br \/>Brick Court Chambers<br \/>\u0646\u0634\u0631  \u0631\u0623\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u064a\u0624\u0643\u062f \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0623\u0646 \u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7uqsKuHNqQ\">pic.twitter.com\/7uqsKuHNqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0647\u0634\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0646\u0648\u0633\u064a (@Pirana_dusahara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pirana_dusahara\/status\/1831796728149807485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second question, according to the same document, is whether they have the right to self-determination under international law. The court concludes that &#8220;in our view, they do have this right,&#8221; emphasizing that &#8220;the right to self-determination in international law is a human right held by peoples, as clarified in numerous international instruments, most notably the United Nations Charter.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The opinion relies on Article 1 of the 1966 International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which state that all peoples have the right to self-determination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The document notes that there are no specific criteria defining what constitutes a &#8220;people&#8221; under international law. However, several considerations provide useful guidance. One widely accepted principle is that &#8220;a people may include a portion of the population of an existing state,&#8221; as stated by the Canadian Supreme Court in reference to the Quebec independence movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Kabyle people are the largest Berber community in Algeria, with linguistic unity, speaking a specific Berber dialect. Therefore, the British court concludes that the Kabyle people are a people under international law and, as such, have the human right to self-determination.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Court Issues Legal Opinion Recognizing the &#8220;Kabyle People&#8221; and Their Right to Self-Determination The President of the Kabyle Government in Exile, Ferhat Mehenni, announced in a speech broadcast from Paris last Thursday that the British &#8220;Brick Court&#8221; in London has issued a legal opinion recognizing the existence of the Kabyle people as a distinct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,76,66],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"category-the-maghreb","9":"category-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2165,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/2165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}