Terrorising International Human Rights Treaties

The integrity of international human rights treaties has, regrettably, been compromised and severely undermined by certain rogue governments worldwide through various methods and divergent interpretations. Although these governments are not parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, they selectively apply its principles when it serves their interests. This conduct encourages other states to adopt similar practices, frequently disregarding numerous international treaties and human rights obligations for economic, political, and geopolitical advantages. Such behaviour constitutes selective exploitation, enforcement, and intimidation that weakness the major integrity of the corpus of international human rights treaties. This body encompasses international law, international criminal law, international criminal justice, international humanitarian law related to armed conflicts, and international human rights law - all essential components of its framework, which is inherently interconnected with the corpus of such treaties. Nevertheless, many states violently control these treaty provisions to evade legal or criminal accountability before international criminal courts. The selective application of these values is so detrimental that successive administrations exploit the tenets of criminal justice and human rights indiscriminately. Ultimately, these movements result in threats of force, military intervention, or hostile conduct directed towards the targeted governments. The situation suggests that the impact of international human rights treaties has been diminished to mere rhetoric, concealed within the display of hasbara justice. This is also confirmed in the reports of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry.