# The Enforcement Gap in International Law

Major powers increasingly ignore or reject international court rulings against themselves and their allies, eroding the multilateral legal order and pushing global disputes toward power politics.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-07-22T05:50:05.157Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/trends/international-law-enforcement-gap
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: Global

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] New York's Mayor Calls Netanyahu a War Criminal but Says the City Cannot Enforce an ICC Warrant (2026-07-22): New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Netanyahu a war criminal and urged US officials to act on the ICC warrant, a demand the edition says Washington is certain to reject. A great power's refusal to enforce a court ruling against an ally is a direct instance of the eroding-legal-order thesis.