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Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933)

The Avalon Project, Yale Law School · 1933

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EstablishedMicronations lack a foundation in domestic or international law and are rarely recognised as nations; the most commonly used definition of statehood, Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention, requires a permanent population, a defined territory, a government and capacity to enter into relations with other states.