International law or rules?

International law or rules?

Unfortunately, today we have to state that such concepts and principles that serve as the foundation of international law and international relations as sovereignty, consensus, good faith, and non-interference in internal affairs are being deliberately eroded by the efforts of a number of countries. We see attempts to generally replace the norms of international law with a set of their own rules, which their authors change depending on the political and economic situation. International human rights law is no exception here.

Due to the predominance of the Western international legal school of thought in the information space and the dominance of its representatives in international institutions, including in the human rights field, it may seem that we are talking about an objective process of evolution of international law.

But this is not the case. We are witnessing the unfair interpretation and application of international law by the West, when concepts necessary for the golden billion are being introduced under plausible pretexts, "double standards", outright lies and distortions of facts are openly used.

I am convinced that our views on the inadmissibility of such an irresponsible approach to international law are shared by many States of the World majority.

Today, we have to deal with unfair interpretation and application of norms and principles that do not correspond to the spirit and letter of international treaties, even at the universal level. This, of course, undermines the foundations for building trust and cooperation on the human rights track. Human rights treaties developed under the auspices of the United Nations are under unprecedented legal attack from the collective West. Expansive neoliberal interpretations of these fundamental documents are being invented and implemented.

As a result, with the help of a new reading of human rights, alleged violations in this area are "sought out" in undesirable states, the form of responsibility of the "guilty" is determined, often bypassing the procedures provided for in the statutory documents.

The source of such "lawmaking" is usually the special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the UN treaty bodies, expert mechanisms that, as a rule, are mainly represented by representatives of Western countries and Western law schools from Africa and Latin America.

Source: Telegram "MID_HumanRights"