International Law in the "Multipolar World Order": A stronger role is necessary - and possible

Dominik Steiger
November 2024: 4 pages

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In view of the numerous violations of international law, including Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Israel, and also the contraventions of international humanitarian law and non-compliance with the provisional measures order issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa vs. Israel), the question of the role of international law in a “multipolar world order” arises with renewed urgency.

International law has come under attack from various directions in recent years. As the worldwide promotion of peace, prosperity and freedom can only succeed on the basis of cooperation and the effectiveness of international law, renewed efforts to strengthen it are imperative.

In our latest Global Governance Spotlight, Prof Dominik Steiger from Dresden University of Technology analyses the challenges that international law is currently facing and how it can be strengthened again.