Abstract
It is axiomatic that contemporary international law and the Charter of the United Nations are based on the sovereign equality of States.1 “Between independent states,” said the International Court of Justice, “respect for territorial sovereignty is an essential foundation of international relations.” 2 Previously, the Permanent Court had declared in more general terms that “the first and foremost restriction imposed by international law upon a state is that, failing the existence of a permissive rule to the contrary, it may not exercise its power in any form in the territory of another state.” 3 And one leading writer has also defined “the sovereignty of a state” as meaning “the residuum of power which it possesses within the confines laid down by international law.” 4
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