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.
Independence movements
From the 1925 Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and the 1947 Inner Mongolian Autonomous Government, to the diaspora-based Inner Mongolian People's Party and the 2020 language-policy protests.
Historical independence
Suriname's path from a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, through negotiations begun in 1974, to independence in November 1975 and UN membership that December.
Political status and decolonisation
From the 1949 relocation of the Republic of China government and the competing One China claims, through the 1971 UN seat transfer, to the current cross-strait status quo under President Lai Ching-te.
Independence movements
From the short-lived 1993 Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic in southeastern Azerbaijan to the ongoing prosecution of Talysh activists advocating autonomy, decentralization or minority-language rights.
Historical independence
From the 1976 Vaddukoddai Resolution and the founding of the LTTE, through the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War and its contested final phase, to the post-war Tamil National Alliance's campaign for devolution.
Historical independence
The 1980 "Tafea Nation" secession attempt centred on Tanna and neighbouring islands, distinct from the Espiritu Santo/Vemerana episode, ended by British intervention and Vanuatu's independence.
Independence movements
Татарстан
Tatarstan's post-Soviet sovereignty movement, from the 1990 declaration and 1992 referendum through the 1994-2017 Moscow-Kazan power-sharing treaty, to the 2023 abolition of its distinct presidential title.
Independence movements
From the Texas Nationalist Movement's 2005 founding, through repeated legislative referendum bills, to the 2024 and 2026 Republican Party of Texas platform planks.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the disputed 1951 Seventeen Point Agreement and the 1959 uprising and Dalai Lama's exile, to the Central Tibetan Administration's Middle Way Approach, which does not itself seek independence.
Political status and decolonisation
From the TPLF's 1975 founding (seeking to overthrow Ethiopia's government, not Tigrayan independence) and its 1991-2020 federal dominance, through the 2020-2022 Tigray War and Pretoria Agreement, to the 2024-2026 TPLF factional dispute over Tigray's interim administration.
Historical independence
The historical independence process of Timor-Leste: Portuguese colonial rule, the 1975 declaration and Indonesian invasion, the UN-run consultation of 1999 and independence in 2002.
Political status and decolonisation
From New Zealand administration beginning 1926, through two UN-supervised free-association referendums (2006, 2007), both falling short of the required two-thirds threshold.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1936 maritime strike and the 1992 Mabo ruling, through the 1994 TSRA and 1985 Torres Strait Treaty, to Getano Lui Jnr's unofficial "Free Nation" proposal and post-2023 autonomy calls.
Independence movements
From the 1990-1992 Transnistrian War and the resulting frozen conflict, through the unrecognized 2006 independence referendum, to continuing OSCE-led negotiations and unresolved calls for Russian troop withdrawal.
Independence movements
From the contested 1949 merger of the princely state of Tripura into India, through successive armed Tripuri nationalist movements (TNV, NLFT), to the 2024 peace accord ending the insurgency and the ongoing political demand for a "Greater Tipraland."
Independence movements
Covering Niger-focused Tuareg self-determination movements — the 1990-1995 rebellion and the 2007-2009 Niger Movement for Justice — distinct from the Mali-centred Azawad case.
Political status and decolonisation
From the 1979-1982 independence plan derailed by McCartney's death, through the 2009-2012 governance suspension, to the separate, historical Canada-association proposal.
Independence movements
Тыва Республика
Tuva's history as the briefly independent Tannu Tuva (1921-1944), its 1990-1993 sovereignty movement including a constitutional right of secession, and the 2001 referendum removing that clause amid Russian federal recentralisation.
Historical independence
From the 1776 Declaration of Independence, through the Revolutionary War, to Great Britain's formal recognition of American independence in the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
Historical independence
The New Hebrides' independence from joint Anglo-French rule as the Republic of Vanuatu on 30 July 1980, and UN admission the following year.
Independence movements
Veneto
Veneto's path from an unofficial 2014 online independence poll and the Constitutional Court's 2015 bar on a binding independence vote, through the overwhelming 2017 official autonomy referendum, to a preliminary agreement on differentiated autonomy signed with the Italian state in November 2025.
Historical independence
From Ho Chi Minh's 1945 declaration of independence, through decades of division and conflict, to the 1976 reunification as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and 1977 UN admission.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the UWSA's 1989 founding and its administration of "Special Region 2," through the 2009 declared Wa State Special Administrative Region, to its cautious post-2021 coup neutrality amid significant Chinese influence.
Independence movements
The debate over Welsh devolution and independence within the United Kingdom, from the 1979 and 1997 referendums to the 2011 powers referendum, the 2024 constitutional commission and Plaid Cymru's 2026 election win.