Tobar Doctrine
According to the Tobar Doctrine of 1907, which goes back to the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister , the Latin American states should not recognize any government that has come to power illegally through violence. Governments that did not come to power through free elections should therefore only be allowed to be recognized after they have been confirmed by the people .
The attempt to establish a further criterion in addition to the criterion of effectiveness when recognizing governments has not been confirmed by state practice under international law.
The alternative to the Tobar Doctrine is the so-called Estrada Doctrine .
See also
literature
- Knut Ipsen : Völkerrecht , 2008, p. 274 ff.
