Starke ’ s International Law (11th ed.), 429–430: ‘Quaere, whether, as claimed by some states, the word “force” used in the United Nations Charter is capable of denoting economic or political pressure, which was alleged to be characteristic of “neo-colonialism”. By way of answer to this claim, it has been objected that it would open a wide door for the
invalidation of treaties concluded at arms length’.
SOURCE: Page 104Parry & Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law
General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 , styled a Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and the Friendly Relations Declaration (General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 ), ‘The principle of equal rights and self-determination’ of which refers to colonialism. See also independence.
SOURCE: Page 107 Parry & Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law
Independence → Inasmuch as it excludes subjection to any other authority, and in particular the authority of another State, sovereignty is independence. It is external independence with regard to the liberty of action outside its borders. It is internal independence with regard to the liberty of action within its boundaries’
SOURCE: Page 276 Parry & Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law