LAWS1023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Zollverein, Åland Islands, Montevideo Convention
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An international legal person is a subject of international law; a body or entity capable of possessing and exercising rights and duties under il (reparations case) Traditional subjects of il were states, since il originated as a system of rules governing the relations of states. Any other entity or individual were considered to be objects of il. But esp since 1945 (un creation), increasing recognition of rights and duties of non-state actors. Commonly accepted as reflected, in general terms, the requirements of statehood: montevideo. Convention on rights and duties of states 1933, art 1: The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: Importance of the convention is the criteria and that it has been around for about a century: population: Il prescribes no minimum population: but must be permanent antarctica does not qualify no permanent population.