Self-determination
Self-determination is a people’s ability to determine their own form of life. Allowing people to govern their own territory with out external interference enables the expression and development of autonomy and leads to laws compatible with local culture.
Interference with self-determination not only militates against freedom but also undermine stability, in so far as constraints are imposed which did not emerge from and not sustainable by indigenous forces. Rule implemented against public opinion and custom will lack legitimacy as people neither feel an obligation to obey the law nor expect other to do so. If occupation is ever to end, a government viable for long term residents is required.
Ethical principles for state building.