1. The right to national self-determination has also asserted by national liberation movements in Asia and Africa when they were struggling against colonial domination. 2. Nationalist movements maintained that political independence would provide dignity and recognition tothe colonised people and also help them to protect the collective interests of their people. 3. Most national liberation movements were inspired by the goal of bringing justice and rights and prosperityto the nation. 4. The kinds of group rights which have been granted in different countries include constitutional protection forthe language - cultures and religion - of minority groups and their members. 5. However - here also - it proved almost impossible to ensure that each cultural group - some of whom claimedto be distinct nations - could achieve political independence and statehood.