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Personality and Recognition

Evolution of UN Membership

Article 1
The state as a person of international law should
possess the following qualifications:
a) permanent population;
b) defined territory;
c) government;
d) capacity to enter into relations with other
states.
Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of
States 1933

Permanent Population
Western Sahara ICJ adv opn, 1975

Territory
Consistent; borders don’t need to be settled
Eg Israel
International territorial administration
•
Cambodia
•
East Timor
•
Bosnia Herzegovina
•
Kosovo

Government
Aaland islands 1920

Government
Somalia 1991-2012
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who-controls-somalia-map.html

Capacity to enter intl
rels/independence
Austro-German Customs Union Case (PCIJ, adv opn 1931)
SS Wimbledon PCIJ 1923
French Indemnity of 1831: arbitration US claims
commission
•
Holland
•
Denmark

Group Work:
Are these states? Are they independent?