The ICC is the world’s only supranational tribunal that can try individuals for war crimes and other atrocities. The ICJ is also causing headaches for the US and Israel: In one case, judges are deliberating whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Humanitarian law enshrines norms in war, no matter whether the war in question is just. If humanitarian law goes, so would international law in general. That would mean refining the laws of war to fit new circumstances, and then sticking to the rules like everybody else.

Source: Taipei Times May 03, 2024 17:09 UTC