The Validity of the Term "State" in a De Facto Context
... specify how many states need recognise an entity in order for its incipient statehood to become valid; this leaves the status of partially recognised states ambiguous.[vii] This ambiguity is part of a recent trend concerning the contemporary inconsistency in the application of international law, especially in the fields of the application of military force and state recognition. A precedent cited constantly ... ... independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.[viii] In this instance unrecognised states may be seen as subject to this law despite its not being members of the UN. The requisites of Article 4 of ...