Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
Self-immolation is the final challenge of the desperate: to local society, to the wider state, to society nationally, and to the international arena. Examples abound: for instance, on January 16, 1969, Jan Palach, a Czech student, committed suicide in Wenceslas Square, Prague, in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia following the invasion in August 1968 - now garnering fresh publicity through a recent television mini-series.' In addition, over the years, Tibetans have used self-immolation as a tactic to protest against Chinese rule in numbers that continue to mount: "Since March 2011, some forty Tibetans have set themselves on fire in the name of a free Tibet; as of this writing, seven have been women, all but one of whom died from self-immolation."
Recommended Citation
Dickinson, Rob, "Transformation of the Modern State: State Sovereignty and Human Rights in the Internet Age" (2013). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 540.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/540
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