Islamic State – a State or non-State Actor? Cover Image

Państwo Islamskie - aktor państwowy czy niepaństwowy?
Islamic State – a State or non-State Actor?

Author(s): Wojciech Grabowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Contemporary Islamic Thought
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Islamic State; Montevideo Convention of 1933; state actor; non-state actor; terrorism; caliphate

Summary/Abstract: Islamic State, as the name suggest, is going to be perceived and treated not as a mere terrorist organization, but rather as a caliphate, Islamic state. In the last decades many violent non-state actors have propagated the idea of caliphate but none of them have never accomplished the idea. Islamic State can be treated as the first organization, which declare and what is more important create state structures, responsible for administrating conquered territory. To some extent Islamic State fulfills thecriteria for statehood listed in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, 1933. But the basic question is whether it can be recognized as a state in the light of international law?

  • Issue Year: 44/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 69-86
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish