By Otto Spijkers

Just one example of the lessons international lawyers can learn from comic books, especially Calvin & Hobbes.

One of the most important rules in international law is that all states shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other state. As long as states live together in peace with one another as good neighbours (and leave each other alone), international peace and security is maintained. But what about internal struggles, climate change, that sort of thing?