AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHALLENGES AND FATE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS WITH THE RISING TRENDS OF SOVEREIGNTY

Abstract

In this paper, the author has made an attempt to enumerate the rather complicated relationship that is shared between the human rights and State sovereignty. This is done by delving into the understanding of the nature of sovereignty over the years and the jurisprudential undertones of human rights by virtue of which the equation they share have come to be altered over the years. This paper discusses the positive and negative consequence of a powerful sovereign on the access to human rights of the citizens of the nation-state. It highlights the crucial fact that both internal sovereign regimes like dictatorships and external influence by a sovereign, say humanitarian intervention have a considerable effect on the access and nature of human rights in such nation-states. Through the recent developments on the International sphere, the author has brought to light the contemporary tendencies of the sovereigns across the globe and their approach towards human rights. In spite of the picture seeming grim prima facie, the author strives to remind the readers to keep hope and believe in the tireless work that the various bodies of the United Nation Organization and other independent International Organizations are undertaking to further the cause of human rights and bring to the citizens across the world the basic facilities that they deserve as human beings.