Essays about: "statehood, recognition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words statehood, recognition.

  1. 1. STATING THE OBVIOUS? How do International Law theories on State and Belligerency recognition characterise the Islamic State?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victor Cato; [2020-04-30]
    Keywords : Statehood; the Montevideo Convention; Recognition; the Constitutive Theory; the Declaratory Theory; Recognition of Belligerency; the Islamic State; ISIS; IS;

    Abstract : The Islamic State has been described as one of the worst terrorist organisations in modern times. The United Nations Security Council has also put ISIS on the same terrorist resolution as al-Qaeda. READ MORE

  3. 2. Somaliland and Secession : Does the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland have a moral right to secede?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Farhiya Osman Mohamed; [2017]
    Keywords : Somaliland; Somalia; Secession; Independence;

    Abstract : This paper aims to inquire whether Somaliland’s secession from Somalia is morally right considering Buchanans theories regarding secession. The paper analyses the notion of self-determination and secession from the perspective of Somaliland. Further the analysis also discusses the deficiencies when it comes to international law and secession. READ MORE

  4. 3. To be or not to be : state death and the digital Leviathan

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Erik Ryd; [2016]
    Keywords : state death; digitalisation; narrative; collective self; recognition;

    Abstract : This thesis explores state death and the possibilities to escape death that comes with the digitalising of the state. The analysis, built on earlier theorising of how we could understand what the state is, explicate the connection between the narrative of the identity, or “collective self”, and the survival of the state through a repository of its key information, which in turn could be viewed as an asset in terms of recognition. READ MORE

  5. 4. Whose self-determination? - A critical examination on the right to self-determination and its role during the process of decolonisation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jenny Nguyen; [2016]
    Keywords : self-determination; human rights; postcolonialism; law; colonisation; decolonisation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen undersöker självbestämmanderätten ur ett kritiskt perspektiv, baserad på postkolonial teori. Genom att undersöka den historiska bakgrunden till självbestämmanderätten kan dess koppling till internationella mänskliga rättigheter samt till koncept såsom suveränitet och nationalism fastställas. READ MORE

  6. 5. Palestine's Ratification of International Treaties: A Back Door to Independence?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Victor Persson; [2016]
    Keywords : public international law; legal history; palestine; treaty law; independence; international treaties; hierarchy of norms; harmonisation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The State of Palestine is drafting a new constitution to replace a patchwork of foreign and outdated legislation, and to harmonise national law with dozens of ratified international treaties. Since its 2012 ascension from non-member observer ‘entity’ to non-member observer ‘state’ in the UN, Palestine has signed fifty-five multilateral treaties covering a wide range of areas. READ MORE