Solving the minorities' problem in the light of new approach to the right of self-determination

From the end of the process of decolonization, the issue of separatist demands in the light of the right of self-determination by minorities and the violent response of governments to it, which has been accompanied by widespread human rights violations and threats to international peace and security, has been considered as an important issue in international law.By the end of the Cold War and after the1990s, a new approach to the concept of the right to self-determination emerged, which, by reconciling the right to self-determination and the principles of international law, including the principle of territorial integrity, could provide a solution to the issue of minority conflict. In the new approach to self-determination, the right of people to form a government, turned to the right to organize the state by the people and the minorities. In this approach, the right to self-determination is used as the basis for the establishment of democracy and the development of human rights as well as the guarantee of the rights of minorities. The precise explanation of this approach by using the legal analysis of related documents and its impact on the issue of minorities is the main purpose of this article.