title: Non-state effective territorial entities
abstract: International law is constantly confronted with the question of what to do with non-state effective territorial entities, i.e. territories that ‘look and feel’ like states, but are not states as we understand them under international law. Despite not being states, their actions may have significant consequences from humanitarian, social, political and economic perspectives. This dissertation sought to determine the legal status of non-state effective territorial entities from the perspective of 