Political status and decolonisation
Sources: British Virgin Islands political status
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Reference work · Independent publication
British Virgin Islands 2021 Commission of Inquiry (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the 2021 Commission of Inquiry's hearings (April-November 2021, led by Sir Gary Hickinbottom), its finding of a "high likelihood" of serious corruption and governance failures, and its April 2022 report recommending partial constitutional suspension and direct UK rule.
Cited on: British Virgin Islands political status, History of British Virgin Islands political-status debates · Source record
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News report · Independent publication
Inquiry proposes British Virgin Islands return to direct UK rule (Al Jazeera) link
International journalistic reporting, consulted via citation, on the Commission of Inquiry's direct-rule recommendation, Premier Andrew Fahie's arrest in Miami on drug and money-laundering charges shortly before the report's publication, and subsequent BVI public protests against the direct-rule plan.
Cited on: British Virgin Islands political status, History of British Virgin Islands political-status debates · Source record
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News analysis or explainer · Scholarly work
Looking to the Future Through the Lens of the Past: Key Outcomes from the Virgin Islands' Constitutional Review (ConstitutionNet) link
Constitutional-law policy commentary, consulted via citation, on the 2022-2023 BVI constitutional review's 57 proposed changes, and the elected BVI government's call for negotiations toward full internal self-government under a new pre-independence constitution, distinct from an immediate independence demand.
Cited on: British Virgin Islands political status, History of British Virgin Islands political-status debates, British Virgin Islands political status: current status · Source record