The Ups and Downs of Sovereignty in the Face of Internal Tensions and Disturbances in the Light of International Law

Increases in the number of internal tensions and disturbances particularly in the last few decades have caused States seeing their security and sovereignty at risk. So, they have committed severe violations of the fundamental rights of people. Nevertheless, they ligitimize their activities and claim the observance of International Law. Documents and international institutions governing the behavior of states consider these measures as the exercise of rights violations and greatly prohibit them and declare that internal tensions and disturbances are no longer considered in the exclusive sovereignty of states and to prevent domestic violence tragedies and disasters, extensive and appropriate measures should be taken at national and international level. Therefore, the new approach of the international community demonstrates the extension of the minimum standards of International Humanitarian Fundamental Law irrespective of time and place to any situation of internal tensions and disturbances and other life-threatening emergencies which lead to threat the existence of a nation. In this article, we’ve tried to investigate International rules (customary and conventional) governing the conduct of states during internal tensions and disturbances and their impact on the protection of International Humanitarian Fundamental Law and state authority facing such situations from the perspective of international law.