Every published case hub, across all collections. Collections are navigation groupings, not legal categories; one case can appear in several but has one page.
224 published cases.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1979 Norfolk Island Act establishing limited self-government, through its 2015 abolition, to the NIPD's ongoing campaign for restoration and UN Non-Self-Governing Territory listing.
Independence movements
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's unrecognised statehood since its 1983 declaration, the UN Security Council's non-recognition resolutions, the failed 2004 Annan Plan reunification referendums, and the 2025 election of a reunification-supporting president.
Independence movements
Northern Ireland's constitutional status within the United Kingdom under the Good Friday Agreement's consent principle and border poll mechanism, from the 2022 Assembly election and 2023 Windsor Framework to Michelle O'Neill's 2024 appointment as the first nationalist First Minister and current polling on Irish unification.
Historical independence
The 1905 dissolution of the personal union between Norway and Sweden, from the Storting's 7 June Declaration through an overwhelming referendum to Swedish recognition that October.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Nunavut Act to the 1999 creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory.
Independence movements
Occitània
Occitan regionalist and nationalist politics in southern France, spanning the Occitan Nation Party's 1959 independence demand and the larger, autonomist Occitan Party founded in 1987, within a region that has no unified administrative status.
Independence movements
From the ONLF's 1984 founding and initial 1991-1994 pursuit of federal autonomy, through its 1994 shift to insurgency, to the 2018 peace agreement and its 2024-2025 reassessment amid unmet commitments.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From MOSOP's 1990 founding and the Ogoni Bill of Rights, to the November 1995 execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues.
Independence movements
From the OLF's 1973 founding and 2018 peace agreement, through the OLA's 2020 split and insurgency, to the partial December 2024 peace agreement with one OLA faction.
Independence movements
The Padanian nationalist movement associated with Lega Nord, from its 1991 founding and the symbolic 1996 declaration of independence, to the party's later return to federalism and, under Matteo Salvini since 2013, its transformation into the national party Lega.
Historical independence
Pakistan's emergence as an independent dominion under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, and its UN admission the following month.
Independence movements
دولة فلسطين
From the 1947 UN Partition Plan and the 1948 Nakba, through the PLO's founding, the 1988 declaration of statehood and the 1993 Oslo Accords, to the 2012 UN observer-state upgrade and the ICJ and ICC proceedings arising from the 2023-2026 Gaza war.
Independence movements
From GBAO's 1992 declaration of independence amid the Tajikistani Civil War, through the 1997 peace agreement preserving its Soviet-era autonomy, to that autonomy's erosion and the deadly 2022 Khorog and Rushan crackdown.
Historical independence
Papua New Guinea's independence from Australia on 16 September 1975, following administration first under a League of Nations mandate and then a UN Trusteeship Agreement over the Territory of New Guinea, and UN admission that October.
Independence movements
From the 1893 Durand Line and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's 1947 Bannu Declaration, through Afghanistan's continued rejection of the border, to the distinct, contemporary Pashtun Tahafuz Movement and its 2024 banning.
Independence movements
From the founding of the BRN and PULO and their armed campaigns for an independent Patani, to the Malaysia-facilitated peace dialogue process running from 2013 into 2026.
Historical independence
The Philippines' independence from the United States on 4 July 1946 — notable for having already been a founding member of the United Nations since 1945, more than a year before its own independence.
Political status and decolonisation
The Pitcairn Islands' 2010 constitution and its small, Bounty-mutineer-descended population, documented as constitutional research rather than an independence movement.
Political status and decolonisation
From the series of status referendums since 1967, through the 2020 simple statehood vote, to the 2024 three-option referendum and its non-binding statehood result.
Independence movements
Québec
Quebec’s sovereignty movement and constitutional debate: two referendums on sovereignty, a Supreme Court reference, the Clarity Act and a sovereignty referendum pledge in the 2026 election.
Independence movements
From the 1967 Arakan Liberation Party, through the 2009 founding of the Arakan Army and its 2016 political wing the ULA, to the AA's extensive 2024-2025 territorial control of Rakhine State amid Myanmar's civil war.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1888 Agreement of Wills annexation, through the broader movement's focus on autonomy and reparations, to the minority Rapa Nui Parliament's pursuit of independence via the UN.
Independence movements
Republika Srpska's status as one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the 1995 Dayton Agreement, the 2021-2025 legislative attempts by its government to withdraw from joint state institutions, and the 2025 conviction and removal of President Milorad Dodik.
Historical independence
From the 1999 founding of the Free Riau Movement and its resource-grievance driven proposals, to the movement's effective end following founder Tabrani Rab's 2022 death.