Self-determination's defined as free choice of one’s own acts without external compulsion; and especially as the freedom of the people of a given territory to determine their own political status or independence from their current state. In other words, it's the right of the people of a certain nation to decide how they want to be governed without the influence of any other country. The latter's a complex concept with conflicting definitions and legal criteria for determining which groups… (More on Self-determination)