JAKARTA - The Vatican considers that there has been an erosion of international law to an alarming degree after violent means continue to be used under the pretext of creating peace.
The Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said that the increasing frequency of "preventive wars" or armed conflicts launched to prevent potential enemies from growing stronger would make world tensions boil.
"If countries are recognized as having the right to 'preventive war', according to their own criteria and without a supranational legal framework, the whole world will be at risk of burning," Cardinal Pietro was quoted as saying by Vatican News, Wednesday, March 4.
Parolin also admitted that the repeated use of force law had sidelined bilateral diplomacy. He emphasized that international law must be enforced without discrimination.
"The power of law has been replaced by the law of violence, with the belief that peace can only emerge after the enemy is destroyed," he said.
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