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Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme authority over some polity.

The concept of Sovereignty was derived from the Treaties of Westphalia in 1648. These treaties ended the bloody Thirty-Years war between Catholics and Protestants that had produced millions of deaths across Europe. The treaties ended the religious rule in Europe and opened the door to secular rule. Furthermore, they also created a blue-print for sovereignty. According to French philosopher Jean Bodin sovereignty is the "absolute and perpetual power vested in the common wealth." This power is vested in the state and not the individual. Sovereignty holds that no state with the distinguishing mark of sovereignty may be subject to the demands of another state. It is an overwhelming authority of the state, relying on the notion that other non-state's and non-state actors recognize it, to handle all matters within its borders that affect the "people, economy, security, and forms of government."

In international law, the important concept of sovereignty refers to the exercise of power authority by a state. Thomson offers a current conceptualization of sovereignty that is not by "state control" but "state authority." Authority implies that states have the ability to decide what is political in the first place'''. State sovereignty''' centers on the integrity of borders to "historical possession, national frontier, and viability."

Through sovereignty De jure sovereignty refers to the legal right to do so; de facto sovereignty refers to the ability, in fact, to do so. This can become an issue of special concern upon the failure of the usual expectation that de jure and de facto sovereignty exist at the place and time of concern, and reside within the same organization.