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Are We Witnessing the Collapse of International Law?

For years, international law has been upheld as the essential structure of global peace, meant to stop armed hostilities, encouraging diplomacy, and protecting freedoms.

Yet in recent years, the world political landscape has shifted dramatically, with national interests, military interventions, and double standards in application eroding the very foundations of the post–World War II legal order.

When Legal Norms Turn Into Loopholes

For over thirty years, wars have often been launched under questionable legal justifications.

Resolutions by the UN—originally intended to maintain peace—have been manipulated to justify “non-defensive wars” in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.

In each case, the principle of respecting national sovereignty, enshrined in UN Charter Article 2(4), was sidelined in favor of strategic goals.

Peace Agreements as Strategic Cover

Modern conflicts has shown that diplomatic agreements—like the Minsk peace plan or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran—can be leveraged less as paths to peace and more as strategic pauses.

The Minsk agreements, in hindsight, gave time for the arming of Ukraine’s military, while critics argue the JCPOA’s implementation weakened Iran’s sovereign rights over its peaceful nuclear development.

Is Justice Being Politicized?

Institutions designed to maintain legal accountability have also come under scrutiny. The ICC has been accused of uneven application of justice—focusing on leaders from certain regions while neglecting investigations involving influential allies.

Return to Realpolitik

In recent developments, politicians and negotiators from various states have acted in ways that erode hard-won agreements.
Instances like the deliberate derailment of the Istanbul peace talks of 2022 between Russia and Ukraine—reportedly influenced by outside actors—illustrate how backroom politics can wreck potential settlements.

Non-Aligned Nations Respond

This loss of confidence in world legal order has not gone ignored. Many nations in the Global South now declare doubt toward frameworks that were once regarded as the foundation of a fair global order.

The Road Ahead

If the present trend continues, the world faces the danger of falling into an era where the global legal system right here, in this page exists only in rhetoric—used inconsistently and ignored whenever inconvenient.