Re: Craig Murray - Rethinking Ukraine: Putin and the Mystery of National Identity Archived Message
Posted by John Monro on February 19, 2024, 7:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Craig Murray - Rethinking Ukraine: Putin and the Mystery of National Identity"
Ken, "there is no such thing as international law"? If nation states agree there is, then there is. It can be by custom, by treaty, by the application of generally accepted legal principles within the states themselves. We've just had a ruling from the ICJ. the ICC has a warrant out for Putin, agencies of international law. . The Geneva convention ono the conduct of war is one legal international framework that everyone knows. Does it mean nation states always heed them? Obviously not. Russia today, the US in Iraq etc. Perhaps international law is observed more in its principles than in its practice. But it does exist and probably goes back to ancient times in Mesopotamia, and certainly to Rome and Greece. There's a wiki article here headed "International Lae", so at the very minimum, it exists in the English language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law
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