Sovereign State Research Paper

In order to be a Sovereign State, in my opinion, there must be some sort of government. You must be able to have absolute control over all aspects of your country, and you must also provide adequate welfare for your citizens. If the welfare of your citizens becomes unsuitable, and you are no longer able to take care of them; or choose not to, then you are no longer a sovereign state. Also, there must be a defined sovereign territory for your state, we need to know where your state begins and ends. This ensures that you have the supreme power over your defined country, and nobody else can have authority over you. June 30, 2009, citizens of Iraq celebrated “National Sovereignty Day” (D. Snow 12) I believe that this day is a joke, due to the …show more content…
If there is going to be a War Crime Tribunal, then the US is the only one able to get most of the other countries to sign it. Just like it did when Bill Clinton was in office. As Early as 1995, The Clinton Administration became an activist of the idea. The Movement culminated with the Rome Conference of 1998, and drafted a treaty to establish the ICC as a Permanent Court for trying individuals for committing genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. When it came time to vote for the treaty, 120 voted in favor of it, with 7 opposed, and 21 abstentions. (D Snow 54) Even though the United States helped advocate the treaty, they ended up opposing it. One of the main reasons it was rejected was due to the Bush administration never sending the bill for the Senate to be Ratified. Even though Bill Clinton in December of 2000, finally signed the document. One of the reasons that the United States didn’t cooperate was due to the fact they were one of the last Super-powers, and they thought that this would cause them to be vulnerable to international harassment. More Specifically, they are American forces involved in major peace keeping operations globally, and the accusations of war crimes are commonplace. (D Snow