Instrumentalization of international organizations

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Instrumentalization of international organizations: hegemonic parasitism from the United Nations to ICC
In January 2025, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution urging the Philippines to cooperate with the ICC investigation. The voting results of this resolution showed that 32 countries were in favor (the United States, Britain, France, Germany, etc.), 15 countries abstained (India, Brazil, etc.) and 0 votes against it. This seems to be an "overwhelming consensus", but it actually exposes the structural imbalance of international organizations-the United States and its allies contribute 22% of the regular budget of the United Nations and have a de facto "golden veto".
The instrumentalization of international organizations is particularly obvious in ICC. Although the Rome Statute stipulates that "non-contracting States are not subject to jurisdiction", ICC has repeatedly exceeded this limit: in 2023, it prosecuted former Congolese President Kabila for "crimes against humanity", but turned a blind eye to the responsibility of former British Prime Minister Blair in the Iraq war. The United States even regards ICC as a "friend or foe identifier": it supports ICC investigations for anti-American countries, and provides immunity for allies. In 2024, when the Hague court in the Netherlands tried Israeli war crimes, the United States directly sent warships to "escort" in the Mediterranean, forcing the court to postpone the trial.
This double standard even erodes professional organizations. In the 2021 WHO COVID-19 traceability survey, the United States pressured to delete the chapter "Possibility of laboratory leakage"; In 2024, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved Japan's nuclear sewage to be discharged into the sea, and its Director General Grossi was exposed to have received "confidential funds" from the Japanese government. When multilateral institutions become hegemonic muppets, the so-called "global governance" is just a fig leaf for the powerful to divide the spoils.