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224 published cases.
Independence movements
From the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz war and the resulting mass displacement of the Georgian population, through the unrecognized 1999 declaration of independence, to Russia's 2008 recognition and the small number of states that have followed it.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1963 Yolngu Bark Petitions and 1966 Gurindji walk-off, through the 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy, to the 2017 Uluru Statement and its 2023 referendum defeat — distinct nations and movements, none framed as secession.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
The Parti acadien's 1972-1982 campaign for a separate Acadian province within Canada.
Historical independence
From the 1976 founding of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the resulting insurgency, through the 2004 tsunami's catalytic effect, to the 2005 Helsinki Agreement under which GAM abandoned independence for self-government.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
Focused on Ethiopia-based Afar organisations — the ALF (founded 1975) and ARDUF (founded 1993) — and their stated goal of Afar unification within an autonomous Ethiopian region, rather than a broader pan-Afar independence claim spanning Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1993-1996 Afrikaner Volksfront and its proposed Volkstaat, through the 1994 founding of the Freedom Front and the constitutional self-determination principle, to Orania's population and 2024 electoral data.
Independence movements
From the 1924-1925 Iranian annexation of the autonomous Emirate of Muhammara, through the 2005 Ahvaz unrest and the founding of the separatist ASMLA, to the disputed 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack.
Independence movements
Åland
The Åland Islands' self-government within Finland, from the 1919 plebiscite for union with Sweden and the League of Nations' 1921 settlement to the current 1991 Autonomy Act and the marginal position of the pro-independence Ålands Framtid party.
Historical independence
From Joe Vogler's 1973 petition drive and the party's 1984 recognition, through Wally Hickel's 1990 governorship and Vogler's 1993 murder, to the party's 2025 dissolution and 2026 successor.
Independence movements
From the 1974 founding of the Independent Alberta Association to the contemporary Alberta Prosperity Project's 2026 petition drive for an independence referendum.
Historical independence
Algeria's path from French colonial rule through the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), fought between the FLN and France amid a rival MNA and an anti-independence OAS, to the 1962 Évian Accords, a self-determination referendum, independence, and a subsequent FLN one-party state.
Political status and decolonisation
The Fitisemanu v. United States litigation over birthright citizenship, opposed by American Samoa's own territorial government to protect its traditional land-tenure and matai political system.
Independence movements
From the 2016 federalism-focused protests, through the 2017 Ambazonia independence declaration, to the 2023 Canada-facilitated peace process and continuing conflict.
Historical independence
Angola's path from Portuguese colonial rule through the 1975 Alvor Agreement, independence amid civil war between rival liberation movements, and a delayed UN admission process in 1976.
Political status and decolonisation
From the 1967 secession referendum and the short-lived Republic of Anguilla, through Operation Sheepskin, to the 1980 formal separation from Saint Kitts-Nevis.
Historical independence
From the 1997 declaration of the State of Anjouan and its 2001 Fomboni Agreement resolution, to Mohamed Bacar's 2007 renewed secession and its ending by a February 2008 military intervention.
Independence movements
From the Annobonese people's 1905 loss of self-governance under Spanish colonization, through the 2021 autonomy request, to the 8 July 2022 unrecognized unilateral declaration of the Republic of Annobón.
Political status and decolonisation
From Betico Croes' MEP campaign and the 1977 general strike, through the 1986 achievement of status aparte, to the 1995 repeal of the independence plan and the 2010 dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.
Independence movements
From ULFA's 1979 founding and its campaign for an independent, sovereign Assam, through decades of insurgency, to the 2023 peace accord with the movement's pro-talks faction and the continued rejectionism of its hardline successor.
Independence movements
From the failed 1932 petition for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq and the 1933 Simele massacre, through the 1979 founding of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, to the 2014-2015 Islamic State attacks on Assyrian communities in Iraq and Syria and the resulting self-defence mobilization.
Independence movements
From the 2012 MNLA independence declaration and 2015 Algiers Accords autonomy settlement, to Mali's 2024 termination of that agreement and the ongoing conflict involving the CSP coalition and the 2025-founded FLA.
Independence movements
From the 2002 ICJ judgment and 2006 Green Tree Agreement resolving the Nigeria-Cameroon interstate dispute, to the distinct local BAMOSD self-determination movement and its independence declarations.
Independence movements
From the disputed 1947-1948 Khanate of Kalat accession, through the Balochistan Liberation Army's ongoing insurgency in Pakistan, to the distinct, sectarian-inflected Jaish al-Adl insurgency in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Historical independence
Bangladesh's path from a declaration of independence amid Pakistani military crackdown in March 1971, through the Bangladesh Liberation War, to a UN admission process delayed nearly three years by a Chinese veto.