The declarative model was most famously expressed in the 1933 Montevideo Convention.

Article 3 of the Montevideo Convention declares that statehood is independent of recognition by other states.

The Montevideo Convention was one attempt to create a legal definition distinguishing between states and non-states.

One of the criteria most commonly used by micronations is the Montevideo Convention.

The Montevideo Convention has four conditions that a group "should" meet to become a state:

The Montevideo Convention only codified existing norms, there is nothing new in the convention.

Under the Montevideo Convention, a state may exist in spite of its lack of recognition by global powers.

The Montevideo Convention in 1933 was an attempt to list a legal concept of statehood.

The concept of statehood in international law cannot be explained by mere reference to the Montevideo Convention.

Under the Montevideo Convention, we are compelled by international law to recognise these brutal regimes as sovereign independent states.