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In international politics there is no "legally". Maybe the closest thing to it is the ICC.
by qznc 1y ago
In international politics there is no "legally". Maybe the closest thing to it is the ICC.
- Kudos 1y agoDon't international treaties count as "legally"?
- bee_rider 1y agoIt isn’t like there are some treaty police that will come along and arrest you for breaking a treaty. It is more like a business contract I think; if you break lots of contracts, people will be less likely to make deals with you.
- qznc 1y agoI assume it is more like high school drama just at a much larger scale. If a bully wants your sandwich…
- bawolff 1y agoNo, but many treaties have dispute mechanisms that function somewhat like a court where you have legal filings. That's how we have the south africa vs israel genocide thing. Both countries signed a treaty that had a clause in it saying the ICJ can decide any disputes about this treaty. More generally, part of the envisioned role of the ICJ is that it could be a court system where countries can go to solve any disputes about how to interpret any treaty (however the rules are both parties have to consent, which means in practise it rarely happens)
- bawolff 1y agoICJ would be the comparison for international politics. It is all about interpreting treaties and what the duties of various states are in various circumstances. ICC is about criminal liability of individuals, which sometimes has bearing on international politics but is not intrinsically so.