Thank you, Chair, for your question.
The self-determination of peoples, as I mentioned, is a peremptory norm of international law. It's not one that states can avoid. I would suggest that a state seeking to create its own type of observance of that obligation through predicates, for instance, would raise some questions about whether the peremptory norm is respected.
The right to self-determination exists and has been confirmed by the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion. The right exists, full stop.
Regarding how it is exercised, there are different iterations. However, with regard to putting preconditions—if I understand your meaning of “predicate”—on its exercise, I cannot see that rule excepting those kinds of preconditions.