International courts speak with authority but act without armies. That gap — between what can be declared and what can be enforced — defines much of international law's real-world power.
This analysis situates recent proceedings within that structural limit, asking what rulings actually change and through which mechanisms.
The answer is rarely immediate compliance. More often it is a slow reshaping of legitimacy, leverage, and the terms of future argument.
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