The diplomatic status of the State of Palestine: historiographical-legal notes on the Brazilian opinio juris from 1985 to 1990

Abstract: This contribution describes itineraries of Brazilian legal positions regarding the State of Palestine from 1985 to 1990. It analyzes the content of the Opinions of the Legal Advisers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil as informative and subsidiary contents of the Brazilian opinio juris. The Opinions range from the status of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the legal understanding of the state in statu nascendi. It indicates ruptures and continuities in the constitution of the legal foundations for recognizing the State of Palestine, which would occur in 2010. The article adopts as a methodology a review of Legal Opinions using specific literature on state recognition with particular attention to the Brazilian state.