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3. Territory & Jurisdiction | Indonesia
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3.1 Authority and Sovereignty over Territory

The concept of state sovereignty is the highest power of a country. Nevertheless, state sovereignty only applies to people, objects, and events within the territorial boundaries of the countries concerned. In other words, sovereignty is limited to another country’s terri…

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Maskun, Arifin, Saru, Afriansyah, Arie and Zuria, Azura, “3. Territory & Jurisdiction | Indonesia”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 10 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_2009>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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