self-determination

Noun

self-determination (uncountable)

1. The ability or human right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
2. The political independence of a people.
   • The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian
3. (international law) The collective right of a people to determine its own destiny in the international order, to choose its own political status and to determine its own form of economic, cultural and social development.