The Problem of the Terror Non-State: Rescuing International Law from ISIS and Boko Haram

Abstract

N. General Assembly declared that under the United Nations Charter, states may not recognize a "territorial acquisition resulting from the threat or use of force." G.A. Res. 2625 (XXV), Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, pmbl. (Oct. 24, 1970). 10 As discussed in this Part, such groups include anti-colonial liberation movements in Algeria and Mozambique; revolutionary groups such as the FARC in