19. 在德班举行的反对种族主义世界会议上，会员国谴责殖民主义的残暴，呼吁谴责殖民主义并防止其再次发生。36 会员国并唾弃殖民主义，认为它违背了基本人权、自决和发展。37 联合国《给予殖民地国家和人民独立宣言》指出，“使人民受外国的徵服，统治和剥削的这一情况，否认了基本人权，违反了联合国宪章，并妨碍了增进世界的和平与合作”。38 去殖民化的核心是包括在《宣言》中从根本上肯定，“所有民族均有自决权；他们凭借这种权利自由决定他们的政治地位，并自由谋求他们的经济、社会和文化的发展”。39 大会此后并对殖民主义的这一谴责载入其人权体制，包括载入了《联合国消除一切形式种族歧视宣言》、40 《消除一切形式种族歧视国际公约》、41 《发展权利宣言》。42
19. At the World Conference against Racism in Durban, Member States denounced the brutality of colonialism, calling for its condemnation and for the prevention of its reoccurrence.36 Member States have also rejected colonialism as incompatible with fundamental human rights, self-determination, and development. 37 The United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples states that “the subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace and co-operation”.38 At the core of decolonization was the fundamental affirmation, including in the Declaration, that “all peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development”. 39 The General Assembly has since enshrined that condemnation of colonialism in its human rights system, including in the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,40 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,41 and the Declaration on the Right to Development.42