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Amnesty International’s chief on Wednesday warned that the “predatory attacks” on international law are undermining global security, ahead of the Munich Security Conference.
The rights group’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard issued her statement ahead of the 62nd Munich Security Conference, where she is set to address world leaders and senior officials. In her words, Callamard framed 2026 as a year of “immense global security challenges” and called on governments to mount “collective resistance” against what she described as predatory assaults on the multilateral, rules-based order.
The states pursuing a “might-is-right” foreign policy and those seeking to uphold international law are at a critical juncture. Callamard specifically cited the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela and its threats against Colombia, Greenland, Iran, and Mexico as evidence of a systematic disregard for legal norms. Simultaneously, she pointed to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza, which she termed a genocide, and Russia’s protracted war of aggression against Ukraine as further proof of a crumbling international framework.
In her prepared remarks, Callamard delivered a stern assessment of the current geopolitical landscape:
The Amnesty chief’s intervention, while a powerful moral and political appeal, is still a call to action delivered at a forum known for declarations rather than binding outcomes. It articulates the symptoms of systemic decay but cannot alone compel the institutional reforms or political will necessary to reverse them, which constitute the foundational challenge to global governance.
Even with mounting evidence of international law violations, the political dynamics within key multilateral bodies remain gridlocked. The subsequent developments, including whether major powers heed this call for collective resistance, the fate of proposed UNSC reforms, and the trajectory of ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere, remain to be seen.
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The rights group’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard issued her statement ahead of the 62nd Munich Security Conference, where she is set to address world leaders and senior officials. In her words, Callamard framed 2026 as a year of “immense global security challenges” and called on governments to mount “collective resistance” against what she described as predatory assaults on the multilateral, rules-based order.
The states pursuing a “might-is-right” foreign policy and those seeking to uphold international law are at a critical juncture. Callamard specifically cited the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela and its threats against Colombia, Greenland, Iran, and Mexico as evidence of a systematic disregard for legal norms. Simultaneously, she pointed to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza, which she termed a genocide, and Russia’s protracted war of aggression against Ukraine as further proof of a crumbling international framework.
In her prepared remarks, Callamard delivered a stern assessment of the current geopolitical landscape:
Consequently, Callamard held that world leaders share a collective responsibility to resist this trend. She argued that complicity, appeasement, and capitulation in the face of such aggression have brought the rules-based order “to its knees.” She called for concrete institutional reforms, including restructuring the UN Security Council’s veto and membership rules, protecting the International Criminal Court from political attacks, and reimagining the international legal system for contemporary realities.
The Amnesty chief’s intervention, while a powerful moral and political appeal, is still a call to action delivered at a forum known for declarations rather than binding outcomes. It articulates the symptoms of systemic decay but cannot alone compel the institutional reforms or political will necessary to reverse them, which constitute the foundational challenge to global governance.
Even with mounting evidence of international law violations, the political dynamics within key multilateral bodies remain gridlocked. The subsequent developments, including whether major powers heed this call for collective resistance, the fate of proposed UNSC reforms, and the trajectory of ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere, remain to be seen.
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