The Death of Justice in the World of Power




 Every day, the world asks people to respect the law. Governments speak about human rights, international organizations defend justice, and world leaders repeatedly emphasize that no one is above the law.

But is this principle applied equally to everyone?

Of course not.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, on allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. These allegations are related to the war in Gaza, which, according to reports from the United Nations and humanitarian organizations, has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the destruction of large parts of Gaza, repeated damage to hospitals, schools, and refugee camps, and millions of people facing hunger, homelessness, and lack of access to water and medicine.

For the thousands of children who died under the rubble, for the mothers who held the bodies of their children in their arms, and for those who lost their lives within minutes, these were not merely statistics; they were a human tragedy that shook the conscience of the world.

The International Criminal Court considered these allegations serious enough to issue an arrest warrant. This raises an urgent and unavoidable question: How can someone who has been accused by an international court of such serious crimes continue to receive full support from the most powerful country in the world?

The United States not only rejected this warrant, but also continued to provide political, military, and diplomatic support to the Israeli government and Benjamin Netanyahu.

In recent years, the people of the region have repeatedly experienced war. While the war against Gaza continued, unfortunately wars against Lebanon and Yemen, as well as the war with Iran, began, and the victims of these conflicts have often been ordinary people; individuals who had no role in making decisions about these wars, but paid the price with their lives, homes, and futures.

The problem is not limited only to one country or one leader accused of crimes. The problem begins when the world is divided into two groups: those whose suffering is immediately visible, and those whose pain is buried beneath political calculations.

If justice truly exists, it should not recognize passports, flags, religions, races, or military power. A child dying in Gaza, Yemen, or Iran has the same human value as a child anywhere else in the world.

The greatest failure of humanity is not revealed only when wars openly occur; it becomes visible when people gradually become accustomed to the suffering of others.

The official justification from Washington, of course, is that the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court and does not recognize its jurisdiction in this case. But is this answer morally convincing?

If the United States were a weak country, would the world react in the same way?

If the leader of another country faced such accusations, would they still be welcomed with a red carpet? Or would the world immediately speak about sanctions, isolation, arrest, and justice?

This is the point where many people lose their faith in international justice. Because they feel that the law exists more in the shadow of political power than on the foundation of fairness.

History has repeatedly shown that double standards in the enforcement of law are among the greatest enemies of justice: one standard for the weak and another standard for the powerful.

If international law is only enforced when it does not conflict with the interests of major powers, it can no longer be called global justice. Justice is either for everyone or for no one. Perhaps this is the most disturbing image of the 21st century: a child dying under rubble, a mother killed while waiting for food, a patient dying in a hospital without medicine, and at the same time, a leader accused of war crimes standing respectfully beside the most powerful politicians in the world.

Today, more than ever, the world faces this question:

Does power obey the law, or does the law bow before power?

The answer to this question will determine the future of international justice — not the fate of any individual or nation.

If this principle collapses, what collapses with it is not only the credibility of a court, but humanity’s trust in the true meaning of justice.



Author: Gouya Roshan




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