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In recent years, criticism of international law – more precisely, of the law regulating the use of military force – has intensified in parts of the media and political circles. The context of this criticism has varied considerably. During the Ukraine war, the lack of enforcement of international law was lamented; during the Gaza war,…

The supposed right of the stronger has become a weakness. Great military powers such as the United States, Russia and Israel have increasingly relied on military force in recent years as a means of advancing their interests. In their capitals, the conviction prevailed that international law was useless or even an annoying obstacle