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33 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 273 (2000)
East Timor, the U.N. System, and Enforcing Non-Recognition in International Law

handle is hein.journals/vantl33 and id is 289 raw text is: VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW VOLUME 33 MARCH 2000 NUMBER 2 East Timor, the U.N. System, and Enforcing Non-Recognition in International Law Thomas D. Grant* ABSTRACT This Article seeks to assess how the U.N. system has enforced regimes of non-recognition under international law. Claims by certain communities to constitute states and claims by some states to hold title to certain pieces of territory have met with opposition from various quarters. At times, the United Nations has attempted to organize international non-recognition of such claims. The claim by the state of Indonesia to hold title to East Timor presents a vivid and important example of an attempt to set up a regime of non-recognition by the United Nations. The Article examines how the United Nations addressed the Indonesian claim and inquires whether this amounted to a self-enforcing regime of non-recognition. The Article examines in detail U.N. practice in other regions of the world, including Katanga, Rhodesia, the South * B.A., Harvard, 1991; J.D., Yale, 1994; Fulbright Scholar, Cambridge University, 1995-98. During the academic year 1999-2000, the author was a Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. Mr. Grant thanks the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for awarding him a Bundeskanzier Scholarship to support his work in Heidelberg. Mr. Grant is a member of the bars of Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C. 273