Indigenous Self‑Determination and Greenland - How the Inuit’s Right to Self-Determination Constrains External Decisions on Greenland’s Sovereignty

Indigenous Self‑Determination and Greenland - How the Inuit’s Right to Self-Determination Constrains External Decisions on Greenland’s Sovereignty Nyberget, Jørgen Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-01-22 eng Greenland’s predominantly Inuit population is recognized as an Indigenous People with a corresponding right to self‑determination under international law. Any external attempt to alter Greenland’s sovereignty – including annexation by the United States – would violate that right and therefore cannot be lawful without the freely expressed will of the Greenlandic people. CC BY-SA 4.0 Nyberget, Jørgen Denmark Greenland Grönland Right to Self-Determination Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker indigenous peoples indigenous rights self-determination Grönland Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/inuit-greenland/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/7b2dd67add82a165 260122 10.59704/7b2dd67add82a165 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)