Above international law? UK stands by Rwanda deportation scheme

Is this the same Britain that prides itself as a birthplace of modern rule of law, as a bastion of liberal democracy and its values, which calls for Russia to be brought to international justice over its invasion and plunder of Ukraine? It begs the broader question, amid the backlash against globalisation: what is allowed in the name of sovereignty and national interest?

As the UK government tables a bill to override the same Northern Ireland Protocol it signed with Brussels as part of the post-Brexit trade deal, what is the future of international treaties? What is the future of international law?

Produced by Charles Wente, Elise Marné and Imen Mellaz.

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