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Sokovia Accords

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The Sokovia Accords were a framework for the registration and deployment of enhanced individuals (such as the Avengers) by the collective governments of the world. The bill was presented after the events of the Battle of New York, Infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Battle of Sokovia and an explosion in Lagos, Nigeria. Every action taken under the Sokovia Accords (United Nations) were ratified by the governments of the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, Northern Ireland and the United States of America.

One year following the Blip, the Accords were repealed.

History[]

Captain America: Civil War[]

The events in Sokovia and Lagos caused the international community to demand greater accountability and oversight for the Avengers due to the collateral damage resulting in civilian deaths and heavy financial costs during their operations. Thaddeus Ross, now serving as U.S. Secretary of State, approached Steve Rogers to present him with the Sokovia Accords, explaining that there is a disagreement between whether the Avengers should be considered heroes or vigilantes.

He considered them dangers, viewing them as a group of U.S. - based superhumans conducting global operations unilaterally without any government oversight and explained that the "unlimited" power with which they have operated could no longer be tolerated by the international community. He presented archive footage from New York, Washington D.C., Sokovia and Lagos, all showing destruction and civilians fleeing for their lives to justify governmental oversight for the Avengers, telling them that they have to retire if they did not comply, before leaving to allow them to discuss it among themselves.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[]

"Ascension"[]

Since the end of the HYDRA uprising the U.S. intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. officially didn't exist anymore. But it continued to secretly operate as the black ops division of President Matthew Ellis's administration. When the Accords were ratified by the U.S. government, the president sent brigadier general, Glenn Talbot to speak with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s director Phil Coulson about registering all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "undocumented enhanced assets", mainly the Inhuman operatives, because that was required by the Accords. Talbot and Coulson had a discussion about the rightfulness of the Accords themselves, compared to the Index of Superhumans once used by S.H.I.E.L.D. and eventually regretted.

But Talbot revealed to the president the location of the Playground. Under the leadership of a new director, Jeffrey Mace, S.H.I.E.L.D. accepted the Accords, therefore, becoming legal again.

"The Ghost"[]

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"Meet the New Boss"[]

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"Uprising"[]

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"Lockup"[]

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"The Laws of Inferno Dynamics"[]

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"Wake Up"[]

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"BOOM"[]

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Avengers: Infinity War[]

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Ant-Man and the Wasp[]

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WandaVision[]

On a Very Special Episode...[]

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier[]

"New World Order"[]

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"Power Broker"[]

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Ms. Marvel[]

"Generation Why"[]

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law[]

"Ribbit and Rip It"[]

"May I remind you that the Sokovia Accords have been repealed."
―Matt Murduck[src]

In court, Matt Murdock reminds Judge Price that the Sokovia Accords were repealed.

Overview[]

Effectivity[]

According to a newspaper clipping several months after the defeat of Hive, Quake's vigilantism made some other individuals question the effectivity of the Accords in actual implementation of the measures.

The Watchdogs, with the help of Senator Ellen Nadeer, got the list from the Accords of several Inhumans around the world and their locations. They caused blackouts in major cities around the world, and one of the Watchdogs presented himself as an Inhuman to the world in order to incite anti-Inhuman bigotry, claiming that more blackouts would occur if the registration of Inhumans did not stop. Other Watchdogs members used the blackout in order to kill 17 registered Inhumans.

Pro-Registration[]

Individuals who support or agree with the Sokovia Accords:

Anti-Registration[]

Individuals who don't support or disagree with the Sokovia Accords:

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • In the comics, the bill was dubbed the "Superhuman Registration Act" and deemed all superhumans reveal their identity to the government.
  • In the first X-Men, it dealt with the Superhuman Registration Act and passing it into law. Senator Robert Kelly in the film strongly supported the registration act.
  • The X-Men version of this is called the Mutant Registration Act.
  • The upper text in the second promotional image below reads in "Accordance with the document at hand, I hereby certify that the below mentioned participants, peoples, and individuals, shall no longer operate freely or unregulated, but instead operate under the rules, ordinances and governances of the aforementioned United Nations panel, acting only when and if the panel deems it appropriate and/or necessary".
  • Despite the Sokovia Accords being in effect, several superhumans have repeatedly violated the Accords.
  • Most of the rules from the Sokovia Accords were likely abolished in Avengers: Endgame, as they had severely hindered the Avengers in preventing the Decimation. This is seen by how the Avengers were able to start their attempts to help the world recover from the damage caused by the Decimation, with no hindrances from the government.
  • While the Defenders were never obstructed and the Punisher is just a military trained man with guns, Spider-Man was threatened by police in Washington when he attempted to save his classmates in the Washington Monument.

Behind the scenes[]

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Gallery[]

Captain America: Civil War[]

Promotion, Filming and Concept Art[]

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