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Pitcairn Islands
| Location |
S Pacific Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
24 50 S, 129 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno
Islands" |
| Population |
52 |
| Census notes |
2007 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
66 |
| Capital |
Adamstown |
Fundamental legal documents online
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British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
Other legal documents online
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Between
the Queen and 7 Named Accused, Judgment of the Pitcairn
Islands Supreme Court (April 19, 2004) (PDF) - addressing, among other
issues, the legitimacy of British sovereignty, the application of
British law, and the ability of a Pitcairn court to sit in New Zealand |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Pitcairn,
from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Pitcairn,
from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Pitcairn
Island, from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Pitcairn
Islands Office |
| Pitcairn
Island Study Center, at Pacific Union College |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific
Island Populations 2011 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 80K) |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Pitcairn Henderson Ducie & Oeno Islands |
| United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island
Directory |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| The
Empire Strikes Back: Human Rights and the Pitcairn Proceedings,
by Anthony Trenwith, from volume 7 of the Journal of South Pacific Law
(2003) |
| United Nations Secretariat, Working
Paper on Pitcairn, prepared for the Special Committee of the
U.N. General Assembly on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation
of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries
and Peoples (A/AC.109/2004/2, March 23, 2004) (PDF) |
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