The Concept Of Sovereignty In International Law: Issues Challenges And Lessons For Nigeria

Abstract

New trends and inventions in ultramodern dispatches and commerce

have dealt a great blow on the political boundaries of countries else

appertained to as Sovereignty. Autonomous equivalency presupposes that each

state enjoys the rights essential in full sovereignty. This seems to be the

introductory principle of transnational law inversely honored by the United

Nations. Sovereignty is the central pillar of the contemporary transnational

system. No wonder, within the United Nations( UN) itself, sovereignty is

not regarded as an handicap to the conservation of peace or the protection

of mortal quality.

The smallest common denominator imaged by this opening

paragraph is that sovereignty is the introductory principle of relations between

countries therefore promoting non intervention, autonomous equivalency, inviolability of

borders and the possibility of peaceful change. There’s no mistrustfulness that,

while respect has been accorded independent countries particularly in the

area of non intervention in their domestic affairs, new issues have

continued to crop in transnational law and that’s the area of mortal

rights protection. therefore mortal rights has made a significant impact on

transnational law.

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More lately, allegations of the possession of munitions of mass

destruction, protection of republic amongst others have similarly been

listed as grounds upon which the sovereignty of a state was tempered

with. These new issues have no unrestricted order and have similarly

hovered arising countries of its survival as this conception no longer

possesses the limitations which it before had. further also civil uneasiness’s and

factional fighting as in the case of Liberia, Si