system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why doesn't there seem to be some kind of international law to stop someone keeping your passport from you? (e.g. as is happeneing in Qatar)
gpt
International law only has as much teeth as the individual country gives it.  Enforcement of such laws are done by agreements between the individual countries.

If Qatar decides not to follow international law, the only recourse is dissolution of the agreement(if any) or war.