I studied the trials in International Law class, which essentially stressed that such things are based on agreement, with Nuremberg based on the London Charter. Natural law surely influenced it all, but de jure law was key. I am not a fan of international law, because it is a law of sovereigns. The UN is flawed as well for the same reason, and least until it adds an assembly that is elected directly by the citizens of the member nations. The EU has such a Parliament, but no read elected president who acts as an individual with that being his only job.

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