Principle of State Sovereignty in View of the Doctrine of the Obligation to Preserve

Abstract

In the preamble to the United Nations Charter are stated the ambitions, aims, and principles that 
guide the functioning of the UN's pillars. The foundation of the system should be based on the 
ideals of fairness, as suggested by ideas like equality between UN member states and equality of 
big and small countries. Respect for the rules of international law regulating the UN Charter is a 
prerequisite for sovereign equality among UN member states. There is a foundational concept of 
sovereign equality of states that underpins other principles, such as the principle of non
interference and the principle of member states' geographical integrity and political independence. 
The idea of protectionism and the actions of sovereign nations are essential to the international 
community because they are consistent with the premise of sovereign equality of states and 
because they ensure the internal and exterior parts of sovereignty are met. Aside from the 
difficulties in implementing the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of states and 
the doctrine of responsibility to protect, one could argue that government serves as a means of 
expressing and upholding the sovereign equality of states. Since the responsibility to protect 
doctrine emerged and has been applied over time, it has eliminated ambiguities and shortcomings 
and realized proof of a logical relationship between the principle of sovereign equality of states 
and the doctrine of responsibility to protect. Nevertheless, there are aspects of the conflict between 
the two that are disputed. In this article, we examine the theory and practice of the UN Charter's 
concept of sovereign equality of states, as well as their interrelationship, and we apply the duty to 
protect doctrine.