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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

That's circular logic, though. International Law is just a set of agreements between sovereign powers. It doesn't spring from seafoam, fully formed. What gives any nation a "right" to exist?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

It’s just self determination

But international law is more like “is recognized”, if no one recognizes your claim then there isn’t much you can do

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 2 points 6 hours ago

This explain really why the question of israel right to exists propaganda talking point https://youtube.com/shorts/k12E7LuD2_4

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

International Law is just a set of agreements between sovereign powers

And? What's circular about it? Nations arise from self organizing societies, and these nations come together to define international laws. And then they define the right of self affirmation, and if the main powers recognize a state it is assigned the right to exist. And if the core powers of this world decide that a country does not matter, they'll look the other way as those rights are bombed. It's an emergent property of international politics.

It doesn’t spring from seafoam, fully formed.

No rights do, so I don't understand where you're going with this.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 hours ago

It isn't circular logic because international law is what gives a country a right to exist. It isn't any more complicated than that for the sake of this conversation.