International Laws don't Matter

If look you look at the news, you will see many people say that the Russia's actions in Crimea are breaching international law. The US and tons of other counties have also been accused of breaching international laws. But if all of these nations break these laws, and there is little to no punishment for breaking them, then what is the point of having them in place.

There is no authority that can enforce these laws on of the nations of the world. Even in warfare there is no one authority that can enforce the laws of war the Geneva Convention. People can call out the actions of governments all they want, but the governments or people in the government will not be punished until the most powerful nations step in and punish them. But the most powerful nations can not act as the authority of international law either.

If the most power or influence nations in the world were the head authority of international law, they could exempt them selves from having to follow international laws. These can be seen by how nations follow the Geneva Convention. It has been in war, what ever nations that wins does not have answer to the war crimes they had committed during the war, while the loser of the war has face trials. A great example is the Second World War. Both the Allied and Axis powers committed war crimes and atrocities during the intense fight, but Axis powers, mostly Germany had to answer to the crimes they had committed, while the United States and the Soviet Union, who also committed war crimes, did not have to answer to war crimes, because to many they were seen as the good guys and what they did was justifiable.

So if no one can enforce international law and people are willing break them many times for their advantage, then do they actually matter. The UN or any other international organization can set up an authority that will look over these laws and try governments that break them, but will they be able to enforce them. For some people might equals right, and they won't listen to people that have less firepower then, because they are not a threat.

The only easy fix is that when it comes to international law is that people in governments are are more loyal to the law then they are to their own nation.