Abstrakt
Very recently, the question of the applicability of normative systems, establi-shed by non-recognised states, has been quite intensively discussed in the scho-larship of international private law. Here, arguments were presented in supportof the notion of application of these normative systems in certain relations ofprivate law.
However, the problem is also of importance with regard to the re -lations of administrative law, where a product of the application of law of the-se entities (such as a travel passport, a university diploma, or a driving licence)may also appear. This article aims to address the problem of non-recognisedstates from the standpoint of international administrative law.
In line with theexisting scholarship, this article argues that a strict distinction must be madebetween the recognition of a state in the sphere of international public law onone hand and the recognition of acts issued by non-recognised states on theother. The mere fact that an entity hasn't been recognised by the means of in -ternational public law does not automatically imply that the acts issued by theadministration of such an entity can not be recognised abroad.
This is in parti-cular true in those cases where the basic human rights of an individual are con-cerned (the cases of humanitarian reservation). However, such recognition ofacts issued by non-recognised states, can only serve to protect the rights of anindividual and can not imply recognition of the entity by the executive of theconcerned state.