, ~<-r) 6~!j,;EB i<.mn:r> , Huma,, Rajhts ou, Human and Peoples' Rights CollectivH Responsibility ideally, should protect five principles: non-discrimination, cultural integrity, control over land and resources, social welfare, and self-government. They believe that selfdetermination would be the essential remedy for indigenous peoples to overcome the discrimination of the past. 206. The Commission considers that the Complainants' submissions indicate that they claim internal self-determination, since they do not intend to secede from the Respondent State, but rather to have their own autonomy to organize their community and live according to their choices, in line with their ancestral cultural traditions, and to preserve them for future generations. 207. The Commission notes that the self-determination claimed by the Complainants is inherent to the existence of indigenous communities, because it is necessary not only for their organisation as a community, but also for their ability to participate in an organised way in their relationship with the central government, in particular in discussions regarding conditions under which the government can intervene in their land. 208. La Commission notes that the distinctive aspect about these communities is also the way they are organized and live accordingly. This right of the indigenous community to self-organization is intrinsically linked to the ancestral territory of the community where they live. Outside this territory, self-dermination can be irremediably called into question, because it does not exist without land of its own. 209. In the present case, the Commission notes that the violation of the property rights of the Maasai of Kedong, by way of deprivation of their ancestral lands which they use to practice of pastoralism and for the practice of their cultural and religious traditions, as concluded above, constitutes a consequential violation of the right to selfdetermination provided for in Article 20 of the African Charter, since the exercise of this right is inherent to the maintenance of land ownership and its use without undue interference from third parties, including the Respondent State itself, of which they are an integral part. On the alleged violation of right to development 210. The Commission notes that Article 22 of the African Charter provides that 1. All peoples shall have the right to their economic development with due regard to their freedom and i enjoyment of the common heritage of mankind. al q l, (da ... ,d, "'l•·_qlCAINt Q"- E'T OE$ I'