Iran in the Light of the Nuremberg Principles

Photograph Source: Raymond D’Addario – Public Domain

As international law developed over the centuries, the principle of State sovereignty and the prohibition of interference in the internal affairs of other states gradually evolved — from the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 through the Congress of Vienna 1814-15, the establishment of the League of Nations in 1919 and the adoption of the United Nations Charter in 1945 as an incipient world constitution aimed at promoting peace, development and human rights.