De facto recognition
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In international law, de facto recognition of a country is unofficial recognition. It is derived from actions and contacts between two states on a political level. These can include:
- Diplomatic activities by representatives of the states involved in connection with tasks between states, relationships, etc.;
- Statements of a state on politically relevant issues and problems of the other state such as statement on mutual delimitation;
- Recognition and official endorsement with a visa of passports issued by the other state as traveling documents.
In addition, the opinions of internationally renowned experts on international law are considered a justification of the claim to the existence of a state -- at least as a fundamental statement. The claim to the existence of a state might be a unilateral act at first on the basis of such an expert opinion; acts in terms of the above-mentioned examples, however, also turn this claim into a "de facto" recognition.