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CREATION AND RECOGNITION OF A STATE: CURRENT VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

P. Bureš, M. Faix, O. Sváček

Creation and Recognition of a State: Current View of International Law

[Vznik a uznání státu: Aktuální pohled mezinárodního práva]

Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Law, Prague: Leges, 2013, 144 p.

The present monograph was written by young researchers from the Department

of International Law Faculty of the Law at Charles University in Prague within the

one – year scientific project “20 years of independence of the Czech Republic –

international aspects of the creation and destruction of a State”. All three authors

deal with the creation of a state. States are seen as essential creators and subjects of

the international law. The first chapter is conceived as a theoretical introduction and

focuses on collective recognition. The other two chapters are a theoretical law analysis

of international aspects of the statehood of Kosovo and Palestine. The common

theoretical background of international law is uniform for the entire monograph in

the approach on the creation and recognition of a state.

In part I of this publication the author (M. Faix) gives the reader a clear and

understandable introduction to an historical conception of the

Collective recognition

institution. The author draws attention to a certain tendency of collectivization of

decision-making processes in international law. The author admits that, although a

condition for membership is a statehood quality of a candidate entity, the decision

of admitting the state as a member of an international organization has no

erga

omnes

effect of statehood constitution. The entity is a state only in this international

organization. There is only, according to the author, one exception – the admission

of a state as a full member of the UN.

Part II of this monograph

[(Un)doubted existence of the State Palestine. What is still

missing for full Palestinian statehood?]

focuses on the statehood of Palestine through

recent developments. The author (P. Bureš) first analyzes parts to the fulfillment

of statehood criteria and considers that in some cases the criterion of effective

government and the criterion of capacity to enter into international relations are

reciprocally correlative and complementary. It is useful to note that the author offers

the readers his opinion that, although Palestine is sometimes lacking the full effective

government criterion, it is more active on the international scene, for example in

UNESCO, the ICC and the UN. The admission of Palestine as a member state of

UNESCO cannot be, according to the author, considered as an implicit recognition

of its statehood and works only on a functional basis in respect to this organization.

The final part,

International Legal Aspects of the Creation of Kosovo,

deals with

issues connected with the unilateral declaration of independence of the Republic of

Kosovo in February 2008. The author (O. Sváček) deals with the advisory opinion

given by the International Court of Justice in the case,

Accordance with international

law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo

. The result of this