World order is the concept of peace and regulation within all nation states of the world. The most important component of world order is a world full of peace, greater equality and freedom from suffering. However the initiative of world order is evidently an ideal. For this reason, along with the changing nature of the law and the international community, lawmakers constantly reform international law to ensure that it is effective in achieving world order.
Law reform is the changing for improvements in order to remove injustices to make the law more effective. The United Nations is the key agency for reform in international law. The General Assembly contains representatives from all the UN’s member states and is important in codifying of international law. Issues of concern are discussed which leads to conventions and treaties. Such conventions as the Geneva Convention reformed the regulation of war and humanising conflict. This was to make implementing fundamental human rights more effective for each individual. Under this convention prisoners of war must be dealt with as humanly as possible at all times and not be put on display for propaganda purposes. This was not the case with Iraqi prisoners of war where the Geneva conventions were violated by broadcasting pictures of toured prisoners of war. Reform was necessary in this situation to improve equality and human rights.
A treaty such as the ANZUS treaty was also important in reform and maintaining world order. The multi-lateral between Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 1984 stated that the nations would help each other in the event of an attack. However it was not fully successful in ensuring that international law was effective as New Zealand withdrew after a disagreement with the United States. In regards to reforms and treaties, Australia