You stumble across something wider and interesting - representatives of democratic states writing international conventions to create obligations to implement u

You stumble across something wider and interesting - representatives of democratic states writing international conventions to create obligations to implement unpopular laws. We see this in the response to copyright infringement too e.g. ACTA - the executive thinks this is a thing that needs doing, but will never get past elected representatives because the public doesn't like it. A lot of the hostility towards Europe stems from it's constituent governments using it like this. Is this a reaction to a flaw in democracy?