RECOGNITION AND NON-RECOGNITION OF STATES: LEGAL, POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSEQUENCES

Abstract

Recognition is one of the most difficult and even the most complex concepts to define in both international law and international relations. International recognition means the legal recognition of the existence of a new state that has emerged through self-determination. However, in the issue of recognition, fields such as politics, international law and domestic law are intertwined.

Although legal and political elements are considered together in the act of recognition, states mostly rely on their political preferences. Recognition also includes recognizing and accepting claims on a particular piece of land. Undoubtedly, this situation complicates the issue of recognition seriously. Because recognition does not end with recognizing only a state or government, it also covers the territory under the sovereignty of that state and government. Although the fact of not being recognized has the points where it can be considered as an important criterion at the international level, it does not constitute the basis of "obligation".