Essays on World Order

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Question: Evaluate/Assess the effectiveness of non-legal responses in achieving world order/peace/security
Intro: Derived from peaceful relations between nation states, the achievement of World Order (WO) is increasingly dependent upon the effectiveness of non-legal responses in directing legal measures to promote peace and resolve conflict. Due to the interdependence of nation states, non-legal measures have proved largely effective in promoting the achievement world order but are flawed significantly due to a lack of enforceability. In particular, the media has been extremely effective in increasing awareness of humanitarian issues through their coverage of world events, such as in the case of Darfur and East Timor. Through vessels such as world news, academic articles and discussions, the media has also been instrumental in providing socio-political commentary that has capabilities of exposing flaws within the law, such as within the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) (NPT) and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Non-government organisations (NGO’s) such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Crisis Group (ICG) and Amnesty international (Amnesty) have also been largely effective in achieving world order due to their ability to assist civilians within conflicts and persuade nations to reform humanitarian law. Whilst each measure seeks to promote peace and achieve world order, non-legal measures are fundamentally limited due to a lack of enforcement. Moreover, their ability to assist nations is limited due to the principle of state sovereignty as it allows nations to both comply and reject these responses. In this way, non-legal responses are mostly effective at pressuring countries into settling disputes and rectifying international humanitarian issues to achieve world peace.