ELEMENT OF THE STATE

ELEMENT OF THE STATE

Oppenheim-Lauterpacht
• people
• Territory
• Souverign government

MONTEVIDEO CONVENTION
Article 1 Montevideo Conv. On Rights and
Duties of the State 1933:
– A Permanent Population (nation, ius soli,
ius sanguinis)
– A defined territory
– A government (internal – external
sovereignty)
– A capacity to enter into relations with other
state (declaratory/evidentiary, constitutive)