Customary international law is unenforceable and basically a "please follow this." As I stated, and as you now seem to admit, it has no bearing.
Eh? I admitted no such thing.
If that is the common opinion of the citizens of the us, I assure you that it is not so for the rest of the world.
For other countries who do not have the military or economic might to match the us or any of the security council members, THE RATIONAL AND EQUAL APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IS THE ONLY CONSOLATION.
If anything, you are admitting that the us' commitment to human rights is, at most, superficial.
Is that what you're saying?
They can seek redress from the Security Council, which will act as they please, regardless of humanitarian concerns.
Again, you are suggesting that might is right.
Sort of hypocritical, don't you think?
For example, abstaining from a vote on this issue would be a moot point if it was indeed universal. You can argue that it should be or that it is a universal norm all day long, I am simply saying that it lacks the enforcement to really matter.
Eh?
You don't think that the declared principles in the udhr has anything to do with the fall of apartheid in south africa?
Or perhaps all the international effort towards a two-state solution in palestine comes from people's infatuation with goat-herders?
Or are you saying that the only method of enforcement is a military solution?
Should I enumerate those who were not? Picking and choosing who to try only seems to vindicate my position that it is in fact enforced based on other concerns.
Irrelevant.
Just because there are drug enforcement laws in the us doesn't mean that there are no drug dealers, does it?
To enforce natural law violations you would need to violate the principle of sovereignty, which is a cornerstone of the UN Charter. Only the Security Council possess the legal authority to enforce resolutions, and they are rarely going to enforce something based on an issue of human rights simply out of benevolence.
There is NO NEED to violate sovereignty because the principles of the undhr are principles that INDIVIDUAL NATIONS PRESCRIBE FOR THEMSELVES. That is the consequence of the political association.
This is the same principle of sovereignty embodied in the social contract -- the power of the sovereign to govern comes from the consent of the governed.