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United Nations on Autonymity

Excerpts on autonymity from United Nations declarations:

• "This Declaration considers the following to be inalienable personal rights which may be exercised in any situation: ... the right to the use of one's own name;" (The Universal Declaration on Linguistic Rights, 1996, Preliminary, Article 3, Section 1)
• "Everyone has the right to the use of his/her own name in his/her own language in all spheres, as well as the right, only when necessary, to the most accurate possible phonetic transcription of his/her name in another writing system." (The Universal Declaration on Linguistic Rights, 1996, Title 2, Section 3, Article 34)
• "Indigenous people have the right to ... designate and retain their own names for communities, places and persons." (The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007, Article 13, Section 1)