how can international law be used as a tool for conflict resolution?

Answer 1

The same way that Federal law is used as a tool for interstate conflict resolution. Remember that the original 13 colonies were 13 nations at first, and they agreed to give the federal government the authority to handle international disputes. Same with the EU. The member nations must agree and then keep up their end of the bargain to work with the other nations for conflict resolution, even if they disagree with the timetable or the methods. It's all about working as a community.

Peace!

Answer 2

International Law Conflict Resolution

Answer 3

International law is based solely on the idea that all nations and their people(including rulers) will follow the letter of the law. It's a nice thought, but highly impractical, due to international politics. If one nation strays and commits a violation of the law...the other nations should unanimously act upon and enforce the laws. Problem is there is always little allied groups within the international community which start screaming injustices on the nations trying to enforce the law. Not to mention not all of the nations around the world have ever agreed to follow any specific international guidelines. So how would you ever apply conflict resolution to a group of nations who either never agreed with the laws to begin with, or decide that the law doesn't apply to themselves, particularly when we find that the rest of the nations who should enforce, don't ever agree on enforcement or the measures of enforcement. I guess in a perfect society where everyone agreed to get along in the same way, international law could be used to handle conflict, but then again, if it was such a perfect society, conflict would never arise, and therefore the law and the enforcement of it would not be necessary.

Answer 4

What role does international law perform in the international system?

International law plays an important role in the international political system, which is why most countries follow the rules most of the time. International law makes the world less chaotic by making relations between countries more predictable and stable. With international law, for instance, countries know that their diplomats will be safe in other countries, that their commercial ships can travel the oceans unimpeded, that they can export their goods to other countries, and so on. These international rules help each country by reducing uncertainty; there are rules that can be counted on. There are certainly examples of countries choosing to violate or ignore international law, but the world would be much more unstable if international law did not exist.

Describe how international law can be used as a tool for conflict resolution.

International law provides mechanisms for countries to resolve disputes without resorting to war. Countries can voluntarily take their dispute to the World Court—officially, the International Court of Justice—to resolve disputes. Conflicts can also be referred to the United Nation’s Security Council for resolution. The Security Council consists of five permanent members (Russia, France, the United Kingdom, China, and the United States) and ten other countries selected periodically from the UN membership.

International law also provides rules to control how countries behave when they are at war. The Hague Convention establishes standards for how land wars are conducted, the proper and ethical use of new weapons, and the responsibilities of neutral countries. The Geneva Convention lays out rules for the ethical and humane treatment of prisoners of war, the wounded, and civilians caught in a war zone.

Finally, international law establishes crimes in wartime—crime for which individual soldiers and political leaders can later be tried for and punished. “War Crimes” are for gross violations of the accepted rules on the conduct of war (i.e., violations of the Hague Convention). “Crimes Against Peace” apply if political leaders wage unjustified, aggressive wars. And, “Crimes Against Hunamity” apply for the purposeful extermination of large numbers of innocent civilians.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Not completely sure about this one