Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says - eviltoast
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    First of all, that’s also not in his power.

    Secondly, how would disbanding the part of the UN that investigates human rights abuses help Palestinians?

    Edit: Wait, you think the entire UN should be disbanded over this?

    The UN is the only reason we haven’t had a nuclear war yet. Otherwise, countries wouldn’t have a neutral world forum.

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        That’s not what the UN is for… it’s not a military force… it’s a round table for nations to work their differences out via words and not nuking each other.

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          People like to criticise the UN but the alternative to having the UN is having no UN. We’d be fucked

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            We need something more than the UN that has real power to stop Israel’s terror and genocide. The UN can fuck off and prevent it’s theoretical events elsewhere.

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              And how do you propose to create this organization and get countries to agree on its legitimacy?

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              The US doesn’t even recognize the authority of the internation war crime tribunal, you really think they (or any other superpower) would accept binding arbitration in matters of international relations?