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Sovereignty
Internal
domestic affairs
• e.g. establishment of own government,
enactment of laws, adoption of
economic policies
External
foreign affairs
• e.g. entering into treaties,declaration
of war, diplomatic and commercial
relations
Nature of Independence
Independence
Freedom
Your Liberty To Swing Your Fist Ends Just Where My Nose Begins
William Edward Hall
Legal Equality
Legal relations Relative
that States distribution of
maintain with economic and
Political Equality
each other military power
between
states
Manifestations of right to equality
ü All members of the United Nations have each one vote in the
General Assembly, all votes having equal weight, and are
generally eligible for positions in the various organs of the UN
ü All states have same rights when involved in a war (e.g. POW)
Rwanda Genocide of
1994