State sovereignty

This is an evolution of the traditional concept of international law, which sees agreements between states as essentially that agreements/ contracts between states (governments). There is an expectation that countries take domestic implementation measures, as may be necessary, to ensure that their citizens will follow the same rules, but how this is done is a matter of state sovereignty and constitutional framework. 

In addition to the above restraints that are particular to the CWC, there seem to be some general limitations that may apply to any on-site inspection system. They concern the external and internal functions of state sovereignty one is related to the territorial jurisdiction or control of a state and the other to the human rights of individuals. 

On state sovereignty see Zick (2005) on federal authority see May and Ides (2004). 

Humanitarian Activities Carried Out Across Borders in Times of Armed Conflict in the Light of State Sovereignty and International Humanitarian Law... 

This chapter deals with humanitarian activities in general and is not confined to the narrower activity of humanitarian assistance or relief actions, such as the delivery of foodstuffs and medical supplies. Whatever the humanitarian activity, such as visits to prisoners of war or medical care for the wounded and sick, external humanitarian organizations are required to cross the border of a State. Therefore, State sovereignty is relevant in all cases of humanitarian activities carried out across borders. 

The main theme of this chapter was to clarify the extent to which a State may exercise its discretion to withhold consent to humanitarian activities to be carried out on its territory during armed conflict, in the light of the principle of State sovereignty under general international law, and IHL. It also addressed the interplay between the principle of sovereignty and IHL and clarified the extent to which IHL limits the exercise of the sovereign right of a State to control the entry of external actors into that State s territory. 

So far as international organizations, particularly the United Nations, are concerned, State sovereignty is not limited by international law, including IHL, to such an extent that international organizations are allowed to enter a State s territory without the prior consent of that State. This conclusion also applies in instances where an international organization intends to carry out humanitarian activities in a territory over which the territorial State has lost control, for example, because the enemy State or an armed group has taken control of that territory. 

Schrijver NJ (1999) The changing nature of state sovereignty. Br YearB Int Law 70 65-98 Thakur R (2006) The United Nations, peace and security from collective security to responsibihty to protect. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge... 

The Republic of the Sudan is a united, independent, and sovereign state. Sovereignty is vested in the people and shall be exercised by the State in accordance with the National Interim Constitution into which this Agreement shall be incorporated. 

Declaration on the State Sovereignty of the Republic of Tatarstan, 30 August 1990. Full text available at http //www.tatar.ru/english/00002028.html, accessed 3 November 2008. 

Sohail H. Hashmi, State Sovereignty Change and Persistence in International Relations (Philadelpia Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997). 

Catherine J. lor ns, Indigenous Peoples and Self-determination Challenging State Sovereignty , 24 Case Western Reserve Journal of... 

Michael Jacobsen and Stephanie Lawson, Between Globalization and Localization A Case Study of Human Rights Versus State Sovereignty , 5 Global Governance (1999). 

Samuel M. Makinda, The United Nations and State Sovereignty Mechanism for Managing International Security , 33 Australian Journal of Political Science (1998). 

Gaetano Pentassuglia, State Sovereignty, Minorities and Self-determination A Comprehensive Legal View , 9 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights (2002). 

R.B.J. Walker, State Sovereignty, Gbbal Civilization, and the Rearticulation of Political Space (Princeton, NJ Center of International Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1988). 

Jing-dong Yuan, Multilateral Intervention and State Sovereignty Chinese Views on UN Peacekeeping Operations , 49 Political Science (1999). 

Murphy, A. B. (1996). The Sovereign state system as pohtical-territorial ideal historical and contemporary considerations. In T. J. Biersteker C. Weber (Eds.), State sovereignty as social construct (pp. 81-210). Ctimbridge New York Ctimbridge University Press. 

The demarcation also has implications for international law. As Prescott (1989) notes, a boundary would mark the position where international rights are determined and obligations assumed. As outer space is the province of all humankind, the current lack of delimitation impacts not only national state sovereignty, but also... 

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