Abstract
All too frequently the mantra of sovereignty is used by states to shield themselves from international action to prevent them from violating human rights and committing atrocities in their attempts to stifle self-determination movements, as in the case of the Iraqi Anfal campaigns against the Kurds, the Turkish suppression of Kurdish human rights, the Russian campaign in Chechnya, the targeting of Christians in Southern Sudan, and Indonesia's brutal occupation of East Timor and its recent campaign in Aceh. Recent state practice, however, has evidenced a growing creativity among states and policy makers which has led to the emergence of a more elastic approach to resolving sovereignty-based conflicts. The new approach, the seeds of which can be found in a number of recent peace proposals and peace agreements, can be termed "earned sovereignty."
Keywords
earned sovereignty, sovereign-based conflict
Publication Date
2003
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
Publication Information
31 Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 349 (2003)
Repository Citation
Williams, Paul R.; Scharf, Michael P.; and Hooper, James R., "Resolving Sovereignty-Based Conflicts: The Emerging Approach of Earned Sovereignty" (2003). Faculty Publications. 908.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/908
