If international law is supposed to protect the most basic right—the right to live—then why does it so often feel powerless when lives are in the hands of powers that don’t value them?
We have treaties, conventions, and declarations written with noble intentions, yet when violations occur, accountability seems negotiable. The truth is, international law is only as strong as the political will behind it. And when that will is absent, law becomes paper, and lives become numbers.
The point of international law should be simple: to save lives, to prevent the worst of humanity from repeating itself. But the tragedy lies in watching it bend—or break—at the convenience of those who wield the most power.
It’s unbelievable. And it raises the hardest question of all: if international law cannot uphold the sanctity of life, what is it really protecting?
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