Defective Decolonization and the Right to Self-Determination: A Legal and Historical Analysis Editor's Note and Metadata ●        Compiled by: Wimal Navaratnam, Independent Researcher & Human Rights Activist ●        Contact: tamilolicanada@gmail.com ●        Status: Pending Legal Review ●        Document Purpose: Fact-checked legal analysis assessing the entitlement criteria for defective decolonization claims under international law, with specific application to Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Abstract This study evaluates the doctrine of defective decolonization under public international law and its direct application to the state formation of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) post-1948 1 . Defective decolonization describes a legal defect wherein an administering imperial power transfers sovereignty to a domestic majoritarian elite without obtaining the free, prior, and informed con...