#humanitarianlaw — Public Fediverse posts
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Granted, some areas of #InternationalLaw are working fine. Nearly all countries honour treaties on the allocation of radio frequencies & satellite orbits, just as nearly all motorists drive on the correct side of the road.…
But when it comes to #HumanitarianLaw, there is no consensus. The high-minded principles that led the #LeagueOfNations to set up the first world court, in the hope that “law & justice” would trump “diplomatic expediency”, are clashing with the hard reality of #geopolitics.