The state and the individual in modern international public law: between sovereignty and responsibility

The article analyze the evolution of the relationship between state and individual in contemporary public international law, highlighting the transition from the paradigm of absolute sovereignty to a conception centered on responsibility and the protection of human rights. The study capitalize son the theoretical contributions of the Moldovan and international doctrine in order to demonstrate how the individual haspassed from the position of object of state protection to that of subject in affirmation of the international legal order. At the same time, it is argued that the sovereignty of the stateis not diminished, but reinterpreted by the obligation to respect and guarantee fundamental rights