1. Examine the decision of the ICJ on Chagos and show how it was a landmark decision. In this case the ICJ drew on the Civil Law conception of Coercion invalidating a contract
2. Mauritius became free in 1968.
3. Mauritius had filed a case against Britain for return of the Chagos Archipelagos.
3.1. Three rears before it became free Mauritius had agreed that Britain could retain Chagos for security reasons but must return when no longer needed
3.2. Britain had in fact leased Diego Garcia to the US
3.3. Britain regarded the ICJ opinion as purely advisory
4. The ICJ in a land mark decision held that the consent given by Mauritius was not free since it was still a colony and that Britain could not rely on forced consent.
5. This is a land mark decision in the direction of decolonisation.
6. Mauritius went to the ICJ demanding return of the Chagos Archipelago.
