The right to self-determination is a fundamental right. Why would anyone try to subvert the will of

[Igel]

33. I don't think "self determination" necessarily means what you think it does.

It refers to a people, a natio, having a right to decide its own fate.

How they decide that is pretty much up to them. When colonialism ended, it included having local royals (equivalent to dukes or barons, not kings) decide. Sometimes there was an election.

Self-determination by the Brits might well include having a referendum followed by having their leaders decide otherwise. Since they're all part of "the people" how they decide this is an internal matter. If Cameron hadn't stepped down and his government ignored the Brexit referendum, gee, that's a Brit deciding what Brits would do. That's self-determination. (Redefine it all you want. I think that's just isotopic. Yes, I redefined isotopic, but isn't language about everybody having private lobes? There I go again, helping communication by redefining words. In other words, ... you don't get to redefine words on your own. )

Now, if the leaders were, I don't know, all Pakistani and furthermore not elected freely by the indigenous population, then you might have a point.