Jarillo Aldeanueva, Álvaro2025-01-302025-01-302018-12-31Jarillo Aldeanueva, Álvaro. (2018). Doctrinal Reflections on the Concept of People in International Law. Spanish Yearbook of International Law, 22, 381–391. Retrieved from https://www.sybil.es/sybil/article/view/12752386-443510.17103/sybil.22.18https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25705The registered version of this article, first published in “Spanish Yearbook of International Law, 22, 381–391", is available online at the publisher's website: Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y relaciones Internacionales (AEPDIRI), https://www.sybil.es/sybil/article/view/1275 La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Spanish Yearbook of International Law, 22, 381–391", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y relaciones Internacionales (AEPDIRI), https://www.sybil.es/sybil/article/view/1275The concept of people has been subject of a broad doctrinal debate on its elements during the last decades. Its links to the decolonization process and the evolution of the internal dimension of the principle of self-determination have reinforced the importance of the academic discussion. There is not a univocal meaning of the term people and the old question of "what is a people" is still very controversial for the International Law. This article examines most relevant doctrinal reflections on the elements and characteristics of the concept. The doctrinal analysis must be conceived as a preliminary task of great relevance for the later examination of the principle of self-determination.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho::5603 Derecho internacionalartículoPeopleSelf-determinationDecolonizationIdentityPeople's rights