International agreements really have reduced to near-zero the usage of chemical warfare and landmines.
And yet the international community has failed to persecute those responsible for the one recent case of a government using chemical warfare to murder its citizens en masse - Syria. Plenty of governments still maintain extensive stockpiles of chemical weapons. Given the enforcement track-record, I'd say given being put in a similar situation to the Syrian government, they're more likely to use similar or harsher measures in the future.
If you outlaw something and then fail to enforce the law, it isn't worth the paper it's written on. How do you think the ban on autonomous weapons will be enforced if the USA, China or Russia unilaterally break it? It won't be.
If you outlaw something and then fail to enforce the law, it isn't worth the paper it's written on.
This strikes me as...not obvious. In my country most rapes are not reported, let alone prosecuted, but that doesn't lead me to conclude that the law against rape "isn't worth the paper it's written on".
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