State sovernity
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Legislation
The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) establishes the principle of state sovereignty.
UN ARTCLES
United Nations Charter (1945) articles: ➢ 2(7) - Affirms state sovereignty ➢ 2(4) - Agreement not to violate borders
“…Signed by…“
Geneva Convention (1949) signed by all 196 UN member states.
research conducted
Oxford University (2011) ➢ ‘productive cooperation at a transnational, international and supranational level’
Quote
‘Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction’ - Boris Johnson (2022)
Statistic
OHCHR estimates the death toll in the Russo-Ukrainian war (as of September 2023) to be over 27,000 non-combatants.
HR Watch stat
Human Rights Watch found that during Rwandan Genocide (1994), 800,000 Tutsis were killed.
Quote - kill
Gareth Evans (former MFFA) described sovereignty as a ‘licence to kill’ (2008) as it created an ‘inability to intervene’ with states’ actions
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