You have no valid arguments regardless the definition of the word state by international law because there is no such requirement However if you so insist here is another source International bodies charged with enforcing international law also recognize that de facto states are bound by it See Appellants Br at  Most recently the International Tribunal formed by the UN Security Council to prosecute humani tarian law violations in the former Yugoslavia defined state to include de facto regimes as well as recognized governments State A State Member or nonMember of the United Nations or a selfproclaimed entity de facto exercising governmental functions whether recognized as a State or not