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State Sovereignty can be overriden by the UNSC (Chapter VII Powers) and R2P.

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Some countries don't have the capacity to enforce human rights and abuse state sovereignty as is not using it  (e.g. in Columbia there is too much corruption and violence against the government for it to effectively protect people

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State sovereignty is limited by political will and economic abilities

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effectiveness of recognizing these rights depends on the will of the international community to implement these rights i.e. political will of nation state , economic status

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The ultimate law-making power of a state - a nation state's independence and freedom from external interference in its affairs

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"states are simultaneously a threat to human rights and their principal protector" - Journal of Peace Research, 2009

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"State"- means country (e.g. Australia NOT NSW)

"Sovereignty"- means each nation state has power over its own laws - up to them to protect, promote and enforce human rights

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State sovereignty has inherent limitations to prevent nation states from engaging in anarchy

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Not all governments equally accept the idea that their own people have certain rights

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The effectiveness of recognising HR depends on the will of the international community to implement these rights i.e. political will of nation state, economic interest, religious views, cultural diversity, government structure

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Permanent population, Government, defined territory and a capacity to enter into international treaties to have state sovereignty

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Under UN Charter Art 2(1) The UN is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members'

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State Sovereignty is the authority of an independent state to govern itself (to create and implement laws; impose and collect taxes; make war and peace; and form treaties with foreign states)

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the state has supreme control over its territory and absolute control over its legal system

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In regard to human rights, a major problem of state sovereignty is that not all governments equally accept the idea that their own people have certain rights

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state sovereignty can be a barrier to protecting HR, as states are not built to protect HR in the first place

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State sovereignty is the ultimate law-making power of a state

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Sovereignty: each country has power over its own laws

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The authority of an independent state to govern itself