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[[File:Peace-of-westphalia.jpg|350px|thumb|Signing of the Westphalia Treaty]] | |||
'''Westphalian sovereignty''', or '''state sovereignty''', is the principle of international law that each nation-state has exclusive [[sovereignty]] over its territory. External powers should not interfere in another country's domestic affairs. Each state, no matter how large or small, has equal rights to sovereignty. The principle underlies the modern international system of sovereign states. The United Nations Charter states that "nothing should authorize intervention in matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state." | '''Westphalian sovereignty''', or '''state sovereignty''', is the principle of international law that each nation-state has exclusive [[sovereignty]] over its territory. External powers should not interfere in another country's domestic affairs. Each state, no matter how large or small, has equal rights to sovereignty. The principle underlies the modern international system of sovereign states. The United Nations Charter states that "nothing should authorize intervention in matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state." | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The origins of Westphalian sovereignty have been traced in the scholarly literature to the Peace of Westphalia (1648). The peace treaties put an end to the Thirty Years' War, a war of religion that devastated Germany and killed 30% of its population. Since neither the Catholics nor the Protestants had won a clear victory, the peace settlement established a status quo order in which states would refrain from interfering in each other's [[Religion in Westarctica|religious]] practices. The principle of non-interference in other domestic affairs was laid out in the mid-18th century by Swiss jurist Emer de Vattel. | The origins of Westphalian sovereignty have been traced in the scholarly literature to the Peace of Westphalia (1648). The peace treaties put an end to the Thirty Years' War, a war of religion that devastated Germany and killed 30% of its population. Since neither the Catholics nor the Protestants had won a clear victory, the peace settlement established a status quo order in which states would refrain from interfering in each other's [[Religion in Westarctica|religious]] practices. This principle was called ''Cuius regio, eius religio'', "Whosoever reigns, his religion shall also be the religion of those over whom he rules." The principle of non-interference in other domestic affairs was laid out in the mid-18th century by Swiss jurist Emer de Vattel. | ||
==Principles== | ==Principles== | ||
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