Sikh Peoples' Self-Determination

Sikhs For Justice, a human rights advocacy group, engaged Global Diligence to provide legal advice on (1) the right to ‘self-determination’ under international law and (2) the Sikh massacres of 1984 and (3) current human rights challenges faced by Indian Sikhs. 

On 12 August 2018, Richard J Rogers spoke to a crowd of 5000 Sikhs gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, for the London Declaration.  LINK

The right to self-determination:

International law provides all ‘peoples’ with a right to self-determination. As a general rule ‘peoples’ should exercise their right to self-determination within the territory of their sovereign state, thus maintaining the existing territorial integrity. However, there are exceptions to this rule. Where a state is occupied, subjugated and exploited by a foreign power, a right of secession may arise. Additionally, where peoples are blocked from any meaningful exercise of their right to internal self-determination, a right of secession may arise, as a last resort. 

Global Diligence has advised Sikhs for Justice on the right of Sikhs Peoples to (re)establish an independent state in the Punjab, India.  

Global Diligence has assisted Sikhs for Justice in their fight to obtain justice for thousands of Sikhs who were brutally murdered by Indian mobs and security forces in 1984.