El reconocimiento de nuevos Estados como sujetos en la ciencia del derecho internacional a partir de la deflagración de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: abordajes doctrinarios de la Convención de Montevideo a la “Opinión Consultiva Kosovo” (1933-2010)

Abstract

The essay studies the recognition of States, assessing its repercussion in the international community. Firstly, the study seeks to survey the theory and to explain its historical itinerary. It observes State practice on the act of recognition and the international legal instruments which define the requirements of a State, such as the Montevideo Convention. In this context, it investigates the phenomenom of the fragmentation of international subjectivity of States and its effects upon the creation of new territorial entities. Lastly, in light of the Kosovo case and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, it is understood that the recognition of new States is governed by rules that are not entirely abided by the members of the international community.