LAWS 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Montevideo Convention, Legal Personality, Peaceful Coexistence
18 Feb 2016
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Subjects of international law (il: an entity, to be a subject of il, states are most focused on as subjects. Convention, article 8) (2) equality- of legal rights and duties. A state may require transnational corporations to adhere to international human rights when operating in their jurisdictions. Iccpr, article 1- everyone has the right of self-determination. This triggers international law as the new state will have to demonstrate their statehood: guidelines on the recognition of new states in eastern europe and in the. Soviet union" directs states to recognise the statehood of newly emerged entities only if they satisfy preconditions: (1) the new state"s respect for human rights (2) rule of law (3) protects minorities (4) operates democratically. If the french people were restricted form political occupation due to historical oppression, they could. But, that is not so, therefore they are not a peoples" as referenced in the iccpr.
