caa a22 4500 386329044 CHVBK 20180307111704.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0922156500001254 doi S0922156500001254 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0922156500001254 The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, an Embarrassing Legacy of the Dutch Colonial era? Dutch Duties Revisited [Elektronische Daten] Decolonization in the late twentieth century sometimes differs markedly from the classicalpost-war decolonizationphenomenon. While colonies were then fighting for their independence, today (ex) colonies might have to spend their energy on efforts to prevent being forced into independence. In the case of the Antilles and Aruba, the Dutch seem to view the islands as a somewhat embarrassing legacy of the Dutch colonial era and are seeking to sever all constitutional links with the islands although sofar the Netherlands Antilles have refused to discuss independence at all, while Aruba appears to have some second thoughts about its 1996-independence choice. The issue raises questions of international law, most of them concerning the right of all peoplestoself-determination. The authorsdescribeandanalyze Dutch policy and conclude that it is not in line with Dutch duties under international law. Copyright © Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law 1989 Nelissen Frans A. Tillema Arjen J.P. Leiden Journal of International Law Cambridge University Press 2/2(1989-11), 167-193 0922-1565 2:2<167 1989 2 LJL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156500001254 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156500001254 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nelissen Frans A. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tillema Arjen J.P. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Leiden Journal of International Law Cambridge University Press 2/2(1989-11), 167-193 0922-1565 2:2<167 1989 2 LJL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge