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* for as long as it doesn’t sign international treaties.
by the_mitsuhiko 2y ago
* for as long as it doesn’t sign international treaties.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> as long as it doesn’t sign international treaties Treaties are legally binding inasmuch as the signatories' legal systems treat them as such. The legal enforcement is entirely internal. Countries are constantly geting into fights over who isn't following such and such treaty properly. (Like, look at North America right now. Or China in respect of UNCLOS.)
- hnbad 2y agoCase in point: the US has literally threatened to invade The Hague if any US citizens are ever arrested and put on trial there. Even if the US were a signatory, nobody involved would dare risking it.