REKONSEPTUALISASI PRINSIP KEDAULATAN NEGARA DALAM PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA DI INDONESIA: LESSON FROM COVID-19

In its application, the state’s primary responsibility principle is often challenged by the ability and the willingness of a country in overcoming various disasters that are massive such as the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper analyzes the importance of reconceptualizing of the state sovereignty principle in disaster management especially in Indonesia by learning from the Covid-19 response. This is a normative juridical research. This results shows that a state sovereignty in disaster conditions should be understood as a form of state responsibility to protect its people by welcoming an international cooperation in the form of humanitarian assistance when such a country is unable or unwilling to overcome. The condition of a strong or a weak government can be the most important benchmark for determining the acceptance of international assistance. This of course, can be a recommendation for the Indonesian government to stop the polemic of receiving or seeking international assistance related to the legal implications of establishing the status of a national disaster in Indonesia.