Document Type : Article
Author
Prof. Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Abstract
In the current international system, several entities both possess elements of the state and also effectively exercise sovereignty over a territory but have not been recognized by the international community as states. This article introduces these states and examines their legal status. The main questions of this article are: what are the specific examples of de facto states in the present international community? What are the reasons for the legitimacy of these entities from their own point of view? Why the international community has so far refused to accept and recognize them? The author hypothesizes that there are cur rently seven de facto states .The reason for the lack of recognition of many of these states is that their establishment is seen as violation of the rule against the use of force. In some cases, fears of the domino effect of separatism or political considerations about the important position of the mother state on the world stage have prevented recognition of these states. We will study this issue on the basis of analytical-descriptive method and using library resources.
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