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Recognition of States and
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Course: IREL 550 - International Law Course Coordinator: Dr. Tim Potier Title: Recognition of States and Self-determination Scheme: MA in International Relations Introduction The concept of the formal recognition of a state in the context of international law involves a legally applicable declaration of the intention of one state to recognize another entity as a "state" as defined by international law. Such recognition amounts to a unilateral declaration, since the decision whether or not to recognize another state is in principle a matter for the free appreciation of each individual state. The significance of the recognition of one state by another is in practice particularly important in cases when there is doubt as to the legal existence of a (new) state, e.g. following a splitting off of a part of a territory (secession) or the collapse or partitioning of an existing state. Although the end of the main period of decolonization considerably reduced the need for...
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