The parties suffer or benefit as the result of their voluntary decisions. Sovereign equality presumes the power to force compliance with actions prescribed by the sovereign power. When individuals or nations are subject to a power over which they exercise no control, freedom becomes a commodity to be denied in varying measures, by the holder of that power. Freedom, like life itself, is a gift from the Creator. Freedom cannot be granted by any government - it can only be denied by government.
National sovereignty is the life of a nation.
It is the embodiment of the people of a nation who deserve recognition as equals by all other nations. There is not, nor should there ever be, a higher governing authority than national governments, created and controlled by the people who are governed. This is the vision of the Freedom 21 Campaign. It is a vision of freedom. It is a vision of empowerment.