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15 juin 2021
- handle: 10670/1.9x6ky5
- isbn: 978-2-917681-55-8
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New Caledonia Northern Ireland Constitutional arrangements referenda peace process decolonisation post colonial issuesSujets proches
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Yann Bevant, « CONSTITUTIONAL EXCEPTIONS COMPARED: THE CASES OF NEW CALEDONIA AND NORTHERN IRELAND », HAL-SHS : sciences politiques, ID : 10670/1.9x6ky5
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Though the Caledonian and Irish experiences are widely different, yet there are elements which call for investigation. In both cases, the question of State allegiance remains a major issue, connected as it is with a colonial past, with cultural, linguistic identities and above all with the sense of belonging or not to one or the other nation. And in both cases it is becoming a matter of emergency to find new compromises, in New Caledonia before the third and last referendum on selfdetermination is held, and in Northern Ireland, where Brexit may lead to the collapse of the whole process which led to peaceful politics. Despite major differences, the New Caledonian experience bears some resemblance to that of Northern Ireland. In both cases, fundamental issues are about the legitimacy of a territorial claim, the process of decolonisation, and above all the sense of belonging of the communities. The first part of this paper shall focus on the situation created by the 2018