Political challenges and transnational criminal jurisdiction

1.  What role have states played in the evolution of global justice as separate from their own national concepts of justice?  Are they enablers or scapegoats - or something else?  

Please provide a current event news link that illustrates your answer.  News sources on the internet may be found in our Library (see the link on the left-side toolbar).  The best database is Lexis Nexis.  Do an "advanced search" to set date parameters to the past six months.