[boomboomsubban]

>One thing that link throws around is the word "illegal". There are customs and treaties, but there is not a world government to enforce the rule of law for these treaties

The inability to enforce a law does not make a crime legal. The occupied territories are a violation of international law, even if they are never punished for them.

[colechristensen]

Calling something a crime when there is no rule of law to enforce it and no legal authority with jurisdiction is simply a contradiction in terms.

[boomboomsubban]

The UN has both, and has called the settlements crimes many times. A punishment could be handed down if certain states allowed it to happen.