Mapping position of states on the application of sovereignty in cyberspace

Łukasz Kułaga

doi:10.21697/2024.13.1.03

Published: 2024-07-31

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024)

Mapping position of states on the application of sovereignty in cyberspace

Łukasz Kułaga

Polish Review of International and European Law

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.21697/2024.13.1.03

Abstract

The article analyses the views of states on application of sovereignty in cyberspace taking into account rising number of states’ individual and collective positions in this respect. It identifies three major models of sovereignty: sovereignty as an international authority, sovereignty as only a principle and sovereignty as not only a principle. Against this background it aims at explaining the rule-principle dichotomy and consequences of its application. Finally it distinguish converging components concerning the application of sovereignty in cyberspace. Such an exercise  allows for delimiting the scope of application sovereignty as a rule in cyberspace vis-à-vis other norms of general international law

Keywords:

sovereignty, non-intervention, cyberspace, principle-rule distinction

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Kułaga, Łukasz. (2024). Mapping position of states on the application of sovereignty in cyberspace . Polish Review of International and European Law, 13(1), 65–88. https://doi.org/10.21697/2024.13.1.03

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