Law is meant to restrain power, not serve it. Yet across global politics, a different pattern is emerging: states, political movements, and even private actors are increasingly turning to courts not merely to resolve disputes, but to wage geopolitical battles by other means.

For us at the Legal Integrity Project, the principle is clear: the law must remain a forum for evidence, not a venue for strategy. When courts resist the pressures of political litigation and uphold disciplined legal reasoning, they safeguard not only justice, but the integrity of the entire international legal order.