Statehood, territory and non-state territorial entities

Jure Vidmar

Chapter 2 in Human Rights Accountability of Non-Universally Recognised States and State-Like Entities, 2026, pp 11-33 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter contends that the exercise of territorial jurisdiction by non-state actors does not in itself amount to statehood. It challenges the characterisation of entities such as Somaliland or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as de facto states or illegal states, maintaining that statehood is the result of a legal and political process regulated by international law. According to this view, states come into existence through recognition grounded in treaty or customary international law, rather than by the mere satisfaction of the Montevideo criteria. Statehood and territorial authority are thus understood as legally and socially constructed outcomes of a political process.

Keywords: Non-state territorial entities; Jurisdictional entities; International law; Statehood; Territory; Jurisdiction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035365128
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