☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Sovereignty as Responsibility

The reconceptualization of sovereignty as entailing a state's obligation to protect its population from mass atrocities, providing the basis for international intervention when a state manifestly fails this duty.

Etymology: English compound · Category: Sovereignty Concepts · Source: ICISS, 'The Responsibility to Protect' (2001); UN World Summit Outcome Document (2005)
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