What is State Sovereignty? by Anthony Tassone https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu Write down either definitions, positive, negatives. en-us 2018-11-01 21:34:11 UTC 2026-01-09 15:58:59 UTC hello@padlet.com alannah_tuttle https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613212  Sovereignty: each country has power over its own laws ]]> 2018-11-01 22:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613212 emily_chan https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613235  The authority of an independent state to govern itself]]> 2018-11-01 22:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613235 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613245 State sovereignty is the ultimate law-making power of a state]]> 2018-11-01 22:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613245 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613309 state sovereignty can be a barrier to protecting HR, as states are not built to protect HR in the first place]]> 2018-11-01 22:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613309 atassone1 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613357 Under UN Charter Art 2(1) The UN is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members']]> 2018-11-01 22:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613357 emily_chan https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613370  
Not all governments equally accept the idea that their own people have certain rights 
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the state has supreme control over its territory and absolute control over its legal system 
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Permanent population, Government, defined territory and a capacity to enter into international treaties to have state sovereignty]]> 2018-11-01 22:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613413 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613419  
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) 

]]> 2018-11-01 22:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613419 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613456 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 ]]> 2018-11-01 22:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613456 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613478  
  • "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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"states are simultaneously a threat to human rights and their principal protector" - Journal of Peace Research, 2009 

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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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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

]]> 2018-11-01 22:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613721 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613768 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]]> 2018-11-01 22:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613768 atassone1 https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613833 State Sovereignty can be overriden by the UNSC (Chapter VII Powers) and R2P.]]> 2018-11-01 22:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/atassone1/o50gu2f798tu/wish/299613833