iarjtbmIARJTBMIARJTBM2789-6021https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjtbm.2021.v01i01.002The Notion of State Sovereignty in Perspective of Non-Developed States: Does Developing Country Has Real State Sovereignty?LamessaGudetaGuderThe notion of state sovereignty is not a recent phenomenon. The practice began with the Peace of Westphalia, drawn up in 1648 to end the Thirty Years' War in Europe. (The treaty, which involved the Pope and political leaders of Western Europe, utilized the Pope's prestige to grant leaders of proto-nation states the authority to exercise power within their national borders. The assistance of the Pope was vital to the success of the treaty; with the fall of the Roman Empire, political leaders in Europe experienced extreme difficulty exercising power over interlopers and often their own populations The term “state sovereignty” refers to Nation’s rights to prevent interfering in their internal affairs. [1] No state has the right to intervene in another state’s affairs for “any reason whatsoever”. Political leaders appealed to these groups to recognize that rulers should rule free of external interference). Although sovereignty has existed for more than three centuries, the concept of sovereignty has not been with humankind since societies were created: sovereignty is a relatively new concept for human beings, one that is evolving through negotiations over the centuries; started with the emergency of state. However, the principles which recognize all state as sovereign regardless of their status is not working practically. I argue that state sovereignty is a power the state exercise to administer their internal affairs without any interference from external sources. However, Powerless countries have no sovereignty.  It has been observed where sovereignty of developing states has been violated repeatedly by super powers under pretext of humanitarian intervention, economic aid, Investment, Trade co-operation, Trans-national companies using various western NGO’s. In such way Poor countries state sovereignty is violating from time to time due to their weakness/powerlessness. However, we have never witnessed where superpower countries sovereignty is violated. .   So to ensure the enforcement of state sovereignty and to be on equal bargaining power, state must create economic strength. Hence upholding state sovereignty is dependent on better economic position.