Here “fall” denotes the exit by international law from critical awareness, its failure to take the perspective of the audience for a while - to re-imagine itself as a “project” instead of a technique at the service of other peoples’ (aesthetic) preferences.” - Martti Koskenniemi, A Response.

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“… What counts as acting lawfully is often an open question, and states exploit this ambiguity to further their ends.” – Ian Hurd, How to Do Things With International Law.

“… it has a wide latitude to interpret the law in ways that advance its own goals. It is therefore a mistake to assume a conflict between state interests and international law, and equally a mistake to see law as necessarily a constraint on anyone’s agency…”

This is how the Common Article 3 was carefully designed to be “vague” enough to guarantee no “real protection to the victims of a civil war.” – Preparing for War, The Making of the Geneva Conventions, p.143.