In an era when headlines declare international law “dead” and conflicts rage across Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan, a groundbreaking nine-country survey reveals a surprising truth: the global public overwhelmingly rejects the idea that “might makes right.” From Indonesia to the United States, 80-95% of respondents oppose torture, starvation sieges, and attacks on hospitals—even when framed as serving national security.

This report shows that since 1945, international law has virtually ended territorial conquest, reduced interstate war deaths by orders of magnitude, and created alternatives to conflict that cost a fraction of military interventions. As 71% of respondents demand stronger enforcement, this report makes the case that at humanity’s most dangerous inflection point in decades, international law isn’t dying—it’s waiting for the political will to defend it.

Download the report here.