(See also: Sources of international law) In 1947, under UN General Assembly Resolution 177 (II), paragraph (a), the International Law Commission was directed to "formulate the principles of international law recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and in the judgment of the Tribunal."
（另见：国际法的来源） 1947年，联合国大会第一七七（二）条决议第一款要求国际法委员会“编订纽伦堡法庭组织法及法庭判决中所确认之国际法原理。